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Abram and Lot Separate

¹ So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, ^(a)into the Negeb.

^2 (b)Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. ³ And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, ⁴ to ^(c)the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. ⁵ And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, ⁶ so that ^(d)the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, ^7 (e)and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time ^(f)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

⁸ Then Abram said to Lot, ^(g)"Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, ^(h)for we are kinsmen.^{[a] 9 (i)}Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left." ¹⁰ And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the ^(j)Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like ^(k)the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of ^(l)Zoar. (This was before the Lord ^(m)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) ¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. ¹² Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ¹³ Now the men of Sodom ⁽ⁿ⁾were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

¹⁴ The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^(o)northward and southward and eastward and westward, ¹⁵ for all the land that you see I will give ^(p)to you and ^(q)to your offspring forever. ^16 (r)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. ¹⁷ Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you." ¹⁸ So Abram moved his tent and came and ^(s)settled by the ^(t)oaks^[b] of Mamre, which ^(u)are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.