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¹ So Abram came up out of Egypt he and his wife and all that he had and Lot with him, towards the South.² Now, Abram, was very rich, - in cattle, in silver and in gold.³ And he went his way, by his removals, from the South even as far as to Bethel, - as far as the place where his tent was at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai:⁴ unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first, - and Abram called there, on the name of Yahweh.

⁵ Now, Lot also, who was going with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.⁶ And the land suffered them not to dwell together, - because their substance had become, great, so that they could not dwell together.⁷ And there arose a strife betwixt the herdmen of Abram, and the herdmen of Lot. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite, were then dwelling in the land.⁸ So then Abram said unto Lot Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for brethren, are we.⁹ Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me, - if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

¹⁰ So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered, - before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.¹¹ And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards, - and they separated themselves, each man from his brother:¹² Abram, fixed his dwelling in the land of Canaan, - but, Lot, fixed his dwelling among the cities, of the circuit, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.¹³ Now, the men of Sodom were base and sinful, - against Yahweh, exceedingly.

¹⁴ And, Yahweh, said unto Abram after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up, I pray thee thine eyes and look, from the place where thou art, - northward and southward and eastward and westward;¹⁵ for all the land which thou art beholding - to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;¹⁶ and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, - so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.¹⁷ Rise! go up and down in the land, to the length thereof and to the breadth thereof, for to thee, will I give it.¹⁸ So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron, - and built there an altar to Yahweh.