Genesis 13

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
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 Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 By stages he went from the Negeb to Bethel, where he had first pitched his tent, between Bethel andAi,	3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4 at the place where he had formerly erected the altar. There Abram invoked the name of Yahweh.	4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 Lot, who was travelling with Abram, had flocks and cattle of his own, and tents too.	5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, 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 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that 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 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 Accordingly Abram said to Lot, 'We do not want discord between us or between my herdsmen andyours, for we are kinsmen.	8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be 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 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go 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 lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 So Lot chose all the Jordan plain for himself and moved off eastwards. Thus they parted company:	11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one 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 dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 Now the people of Sodom were vicious and great sinners against Yahweh.	13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
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 unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 for al the land within sight I shal give to you and your descendants for ever.	15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, 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: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 On your feet! Travel the length and breadth of the country, for I mean to give it to you.'	17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto 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 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.