¶ And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south¹.

²And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

And he went on his journeys from³ the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai⁴;

Unto⁵ the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called⁶ on the name of the LORD.

¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents⁷.

⁸And 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.

And there was a strife⁹ between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite¹⁰ and the Perizzite dwelled¹¹ then in the land.

And Abram said unto Lot, Let¹² there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren¹³.

Is not¹⁴ the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt¹⁵ 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.

¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld¹⁶ all the plain¹⁷ of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden¹⁸ of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar¹⁹.

Then Lot chose²⁰ him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they²¹ separated themselves the one from the other.

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled²² in the cities of the plain, and pitched²³ his tent toward Sodom.

But the²⁴ men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before²⁵ the LORD exceedingly.

¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was²⁶ separated from him, Lift²⁷ up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward²⁸, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

²⁹For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

³⁰And 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.

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain³¹ of Mamre, which is in Hebron³², and built there an altar³³ unto the LORD.