Genesis 13

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 From Egypt Abram returned to the Negeb with his wife and al he possessed, and Lot with him.	1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver and gold.	2 And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.
3 By stages he went from the Negeb to Bethel, where he had first pitched his tent, between Bethel andAi,	3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai:
4 at the place where he had formerly erected the altar. There Abram invoked the name of Yahweh.	4 In the place of the altar which he had made before; and there he called upon the name of the Lord.
5 Lot, who was travelling with Abram, had flocks and cattle of his own, and tents too.	5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.
6 The land was not sufficient to accommodate them both at once, for they had too many possessions tobe able to live together.	6 Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.
7 Dispute broke out between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and those of Lot. (The Canaanites andPerizzites were living in the country at the time.)	7 Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.
8 Accordingly Abram said to Lot, 'We do not want discord between us or between my herdsmen andyours, for we are kinsmen.	8 Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land open before you? Go in the opposite direction to me: if you take the left, I shalgo right; if you take the right, I shal go left.'	9 Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.
10 Looking round, Lot saw all the Jordan plain, irrigated everywhere -- this was before Yahwehdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah-like the garden of Yahweh or the land of Egypt, as far as Zoar.	10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor.
11 So Lot chose all the Jordan plain for himself and moved off eastwards. Thus they parted company:	11 And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.
12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan; Lot settled among the cities of the plain, pitching his tents onthe outskirts of Sodom.	12 Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.
13 Now the people of Sodom were vicious and great sinners against Yahweh.	13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.
14 Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had parted company from him, 'Look al round from where you are,to north and south, to east and west,	14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place wherein thou now art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west.
15 for al the land within sight I shal give to you and your descendants for ever.	15 All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
16 I shal make your descendants like the dust on the ground; when people succeed in counting thespecks of dust on the ground, then they wil be able to count your descendants too!	16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.
17 On your feet! Travel the length and breadth of the country, for I mean to give it to you.'	17 Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.
18 So Abram moved his tent and went to settle at the Oak of Mamre, at Hebron, and there he built analtar to Yahweh.	18 So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.