¹Abram went up out of Egypt —he , his wife, all that he had , and Lot with him —into the South .

²Abram was very rich in livestock , in silver , and in gold .

³He went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel , to the place where his tent had been at the beginning , between Bethel and Ai ,

⁴to the place of the altar , which he had made there at the first . There Abram called on the LORD ’s name .

⁵Lot also , who went with Abram, had flocks , herds , and tents.

⁶The land was not able to bear them , that they might live together ; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together .

⁷There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot ’s livestock . The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time .

⁸Abram said to Lot , “Please , let there be no strife between you and me , and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen ; for we are relatives.

⁹Isn’t the whole land before you ? Please separate yourself from me . If you go to the left hand , then I will go to the right . Or if you go to the right hand , then I will go to the left .”

¹⁰Lot lifted up his eyes , and saw all the plain of the Jordan , that it was well-watered everywhere , before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , like the garden of the LORD , like the land of Egypt , as you go to Zoar .

¹¹So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself . Lot traveled east , and they separated themselves from one another .

¹²Abram lived in the land of Canaan , and Lot lived in the cities of the plain , and moved his tent as far as Sodom .

¹³Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD .

¹⁴The LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him , “Now , lift up your eyes , and look from the place where you are , northward and southward and eastward and westward ,

¹⁵for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever .

¹⁶I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth , so that if a man can count the dust of the earth , then your offspring may also be counted .

¹⁷Arise , walk through the land in its length and in its width ; for I will give it to you .”

¹⁸Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre , which are in Hebron , and built an altar there to the LORD .