3 And he went on his journey ^afrom the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,  ‡

4 to the ^aplace of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram ^bcalled on the name of the Lord.  ‡

7 And there was ^astrife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. ^bThe Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.  ‡

8 So Abram said to Lot, ^a“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.  ‡