Genesis Chapter 13

Genesis Chapter 13
1 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he,
and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot
with him toward the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in
silver and in gold. 3 And he went on his
journey from the south toward Beth-el,
to the place where his tent had been at
the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai,
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he
had made there at the first: and there
Abram called on the Name of the Lord.
5 And Lot also, who went with Abram,
had sheep, and cattle and tents, 6 So that
the land could not bear them, that they
might dwell together: for their substance
was great, so that they could not dwell
together.
7 Also there was debate between the
herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the
herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. (and the
Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled at
that time in the land.)
8 Then 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.
9 Is 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.
10 So 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)
11 Then Lot chose unto him all the plain
of Jordan, and took his Journey from the
east: and they departed the one from the
other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of
Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent even to
Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked
and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
14 Then 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:
15 For all the land, which thou seest,
will I give unto thee and to thy seed
forever?
16 And 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.
17 Arise, walk through the land, in the
length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I
will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and
came and dwelled in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded
there an altar unto the Lord.