Abram and Lot Separate
1Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev13:1 Gn 12:9 — he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.
2Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
3He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,
5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.
8So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
9Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
10Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain13:10 Lit circle; i.e., probably the large round plain where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea, also in v. 11 of the Jordan13:10 Gn 19:17–29 as far as Zoar13:10 Gn 14:2,8; Dt 34:3 was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden13:10 Gn 2:8–10 and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)13:10 Gn 19:24–25
11So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.
12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities on the plain and set up his tent near Sodom.
14After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,13:14 Gn 28:14
15for I will give you and your offspring13:15 Lit seed forever all the land that you see.13:15 Gn 12:7; 15:18; 17:8; 24:7; 26:4; 28:13; 35:12; Dt 34:4; 2Ch 20:7; Ac 7:5
16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,13:16 Gn 16:10; 28:14; Nm 23:10 so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
17Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”
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