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Abram and Lot Separate

¹ So Abram went up from Egypt to ^(C1)the ^(F1)Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

² Now Abram was ^(C1)very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.³ And he went ^(F1)on his journeys from the ^(F2)Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, ^(C1)between Bethel and Ai,⁴ to the place of the ^(C1)altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called upon the name of Yahweh.

⁵ Now ^(C1)Lot, who was going with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.⁶ And ^(C1)the land could not ^(F1)sustain them ^(F2)while living together, ^(C2)for their possessions were so abundant that they were not able to live together.^7 (C1)And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now ^(C2)the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living then in the land.

^8 (C1)So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.⁹ "Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left."¹⁰ Then Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the ^(F1)(C1)valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before Yahweh ^(C2)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^(C3)the garden of Yahweh, ^(C4)like the land of Egypt as you go to ^(C5)Zoar.¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the ^(F1)valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.¹² Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived in ^(C1)the cities of the ^(F1)valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom.¹³ Now ^(C1)the men of Sodom were evil and ^(C2)sinners, exceedingly so, against Yahweh.

¹⁴ And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "^(C1)Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^(C2)northward and southward and eastward and westward;^15 (C1)for all the land which you see, ^(C2)I will give it to you and to your seed forever.¹⁶ "And I will make your seed ^(C1)as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your seed can also be numbered.¹⁷ "Arise, ^(C1)walk about the land through its length and breadth; for ^(C2)I will give it to you."¹⁸ Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the ^(F1)(C1)oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built ^(C2)an altar to Yahweh.