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Genesis 13

Abram and Lot

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So Abram went up from Egypt to  athe  1Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

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Now Abram was  avery rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.

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He went  1on his journeys from the  2Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning,  abetween Bethel and Ai,

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to the place of the  aaltar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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Now  aLot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

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And  athe land could not  1sustain them  2while dwelling together,  bfor their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

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 aAnd there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now  bthe Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

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 aSo Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

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"Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left."

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Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the  1 avalley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere--this was before the LORD  bdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like  cthe garden of the LORD,  dlike the land of Egypt as you go to  eZoar.

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So Lot chose for himself all the  1valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.

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Abram  1settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot  1settled in  athe cities of the  2valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.

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Now  athe men of Sodom were wicked  1exceedingly and  bsinners against the LORD.

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The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, " aNow lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are,  bnorthward and southward and eastward and westward;

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 afor all the land which you see,  bI will give it to you and to your  1descendants forever.

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"I will make your  1descendants  aas the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your  1descendants can also be numbered.

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"Arise,  awalk about the land through its length and breadth; for  bI will give it to you."

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Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the  1 aoaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built  ban altar to the LORD.



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