Genesis 13:1-18.
Genesis 13:1-18 (Good News Translation)
1Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his
wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.
2Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as
well as silver and gold.
3Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward
Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped
before
4and had built an altar. There he worshiped the
LORD.
5Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own
family and servants.
6And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them
to stay together, because they had too many animals.
7So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's
animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the
Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
8Then Abram said to Lot,
"We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be
quarreling.
9So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You
go one way, and I'll go the other.
"
10Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all
the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the
LORD
or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the
LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved
away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
12Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the
cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,
13whose people were wicked and sinned against the
LORD.
14After Lot had left, the
LORD said to Abram,
"From where you are, look carefully in all directions.
15I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that
you see, and it will be yours forever.
16I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will
be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of
dust on earth!
17Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to
give it all to you.
"
18So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of
Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the
LORD.
1Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his
wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.
2Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as
well as silver and gold.
3Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward
Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped
before
4and had built an altar. There he worshiped the
LORD.
5Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own
family and servants.
6And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them
to stay together, because they had too many animals.
7So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's
animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the
Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
8Then Abram said to Lot,
"We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be
quarreling.
9So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You
go one way, and I'll go the other.
"
10Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all
the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the
LORD
or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the
LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved
away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
12Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the
cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,
13whose people were wicked and sinned against the
LORD.
14After Lot had left, the
LORD said to Abram,
"From where you are, look carefully in all directions.
15I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that
you see, and it will be yours forever.
16I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will
be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of
dust on earth!
17Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to
give it all to you.
"
18So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of
Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the
LORD.
God bless you.
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