And Abram went up
out of Egypt
, he, and his wife
, and all that he had, and Lot
with him, into the south
.
And Abram was very
rich
in cattle
, in silver
, and in gold
.
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
;
Unto the place of the altar
, which he had made
there at the first
: and there Abram
called
on the name
of the LORD
.
And Lot also, which went
with
Abram
, had flocks
, and herds
, and tents
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Then Lot chose
him all the plain
of Jordan
; and Lot
journeyed
east
: and they separated themselves
the one
from the other
.
Abram dwelled
in the land
of Canaan
, and Lot
dwelled
in the cities
of the plain
, and pitched his tent
toward
Sodom
.
But the men of Sodom
were wicked
and sinners
before the LORD
exceedingly
.
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
:
For all the land which thou seest
, to thee will I give it
, and to thy seed
for
ever
.
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
.
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 plain
of Mamre
, which is in Hebron
, and built
there an altar
unto the LORD
.