1Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him toward the South.
2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver and in gold.
3And he went on his journey from the South toward Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
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, who went with Abram, had sheep, and cattle and tents,
6So that the land could not bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7Also there was debate between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, (and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelleth at that time in the land.)
8Then said Abram unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, neither between mine herdsmen and thine herdsmen: for we be brethren.
9Is not the whole land before thee? depart I pray thee from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right: or if thou go to the right hand, then I will take the left.
10So when Lot lifted up his eyes, he saw that all the plain of Jordan was watered everywhere (for before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was as the garden of the Lord like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.)
11Then Lot chose unto him all the plain of Jordan, and took his journey from the East: and they departed the one from the other.
12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent even unto Sodom.
13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
14Then the Lord said unto Abram, (after that Lot was departed from him) Lift up thine eyes now, and look from the place where thou art, Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward:
15For all the land which thou seest, will I give unto thee, and to thy seed forever,
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 be numbered.
17Arise, walk through the land, in the length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will give it unto thee.
18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.