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 Hai ; 4Unto the place of the altar , which he had made there at the first : and there Abram called on the name of the LORD . 5And Lot also, which 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 herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle : and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land . 8And 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 . 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 depart to the right hand , then I will go to the left . 10And 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 . 11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other . 12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan , and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain , and pitched his tent toward Sodom . 13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly .
God's Promise to Abram Renewed
14And 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 : 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 shall thy seed also be numbered . 17Arise , walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 18Then 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 .