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.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
6 Now athe land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.
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.
9 aIs not the whole land before you? Please bseparate from me. cIf you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all athe plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord bdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) clike the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward dZoar.
11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot adwelt in the cities of the plain and bpitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom awere exceedingly wicked and bsinful against the Lord.
14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot ahad separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—bnorthward, southward, eastward, and westward;
15 for all the land which you see aI give to you and byour descendants forever.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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