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Abram and Lot

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, silver, and 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 previously; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.⁵ Now ^(C1)Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.⁶ And ^(C1)the land could not ^(F1)support both of them ^(F2)while living together, ^(C2)for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.^7 (C1)And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now ^(C2)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

^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 relatives!⁹ "Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left."¹⁰ Lot raised his eyes and saw all the ^(F1)vicinity of the ^(C1)Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD ^(C2)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^(C3)the garden of the LORD, ^(C4)like the land of Egypt ^(F2)going toward ^(C5)Zoar.¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the ^(F1)vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.¹² Abram ^(F1)settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot ^(F1)settled in ^(C1)the cities of the ^(F2)vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.¹³ Now ^(C1)the men of Sodom were ^(F1)exceedingly wicked ^(C2)sinners against the LORD.

¹⁴ The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "^(C1)Now raise 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 to you and to your ^(F1)descendants forever.¹⁶ "I will make your ^(F1)descendants ^(C1)as plentiful as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, then your ^(F1)descendants could also be counted.¹⁷ "Arise, ^(C1)walk about in the land through its length and width; 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 the LORD.