Genesis 13

New American Standard Bible 1995

Abram and Lot

13 So Abram went up from Egypt to ^(A)the ^[a]Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

² Now Abram was ^(B)very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold. ³ He went ^[b]on his journeys from the ^[c]Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, ^(C)between Bethel and Ai, ⁴ to the place of the ^(D)altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. ⁵ Now ^(E)Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶ And ^(F)the land could not ^[d]sustain them ^[e]while dwelling together, ^(G)for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. ^7 (H)And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now ^(I)the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

^8 (J)So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. ⁹ Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.” ¹⁰ Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the ^[f](K)valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord ^(L)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^(M)the garden of the Lord, ^(N)like the land of Egypt as you go to ^(O)Zoar. ¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the ^[g]valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other. ¹² Abram ^[h]settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot ^[i]settled in ^(P)the cities of the ^[j]valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. ¹³ Now ^(Q)the men of Sodom were wicked ^[k]exceedingly and ^(R)sinners against the Lord.

¹⁴ The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “^(S)Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^(T)northward and southward and eastward and westward; ^15 (U)for all the land which you see, ^(V)I will give it to you and to your ^[l]descendants forever. ¹⁶ I will make your ^[m]descendants ^(W)as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your ^[n]descendants can also be numbered. ¹⁷ Arise, ^(X)walk about the land through its length and breadth; for ^(Y)I will give it to you.” ¹⁸ Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the ^[o](Z)oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built ^(AA)an altar to the Lord.