Genesis 13:1-18 AMPC

[1] So Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South [country of Judah, the Negeb]. [2] Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold. [3] And he journeyed on from the South [country of Judah, the Negeb] as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, [4] Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. [5] But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. [6] Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together. [7] And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land [making fodder more difficult to obtain]. [8] So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives. [9] Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I beg of you, from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right hand, then I will go to the left. [10] And Lot looked and saw that everywhere the Jordan Valley was well watered. Before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was all] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. [11] Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and [he] traveled east. So they separated. [12] Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the [Jordan] Valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom and dwelt there. [13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly great sinners against the Lord. [14] The Lord said to Abram after Lot had left him, Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; [15] For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever. [16] And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted. [17] Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you. [18] Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt among the oaks or terebinths of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.