“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 And Abram [was] very rich in
cattle, in silver, and in gold. 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 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 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and
tents. 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 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 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 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 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 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan;
and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the
other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the
cities of the plain, and pitched [his] tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men
of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.”
“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 all the
land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the
breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 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.” (Ge 13:1-18 AV)
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