1And Abram went up out of Egypt , he , and his wife, and all that he had , and Lot with him , into the South . 2And Abram was very rich in cattle , in silver , and in gold . 3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el , unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning , between Beth-el and Ai , 4unto the place of the altar , which he had made there at the first : and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah . 5And Lot also , who went with Abram, had flocks , and herds , and tents. 6And 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 . 7And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot ’s cattle : and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8And Abram said unto Lot , Let there be no strife , I pray thee , between me and thee , and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen ; for we are brethren. 9Is 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 take the right hand , then I will go to the left . 10And Lot lifted up his eyes , and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan , that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , like the garden of Jehovah , like the land of Egypt , as thou goest unto Zoar . 11So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other . 12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan , and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain , and moved his tent as far as Sodom . 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly .
God's Promise to Abram Renewed
14And Jehovah 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 : 15for all the land which thou seest , to thee will I give it , and to thy seed for ever . 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth , then may thy seed also be numbered . 17Arise , walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for unto thee will I give it . 18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre , which are in Hebron , and built there an altar unto Jehovah .