Genesis 13

1Abram left Egypt and went to the Negev in the south of Canaan. He took his wife Sarai and everything he had. Lot went with them.

2Abram was very rich. Abram had many sheep, goats and oxen, and Abram also had a lot of silver and gold.

3Abram continued traveling around. Abram went back to Bethel. Abram went to the place between the city of Bethel and Hai where Abram and his family had camped before.

4The first time that Abram had been there, Abram had built an altar. Now Abram called on the name of the LORD at the altar.

5Lot was with Abram and Lot also had sheep, goats, oxen and tents.

6The land could not feed all their animals. They had too many animals to stay together.

7Then the shepherds of Abram and the shepherds of Lot started to fight. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.

8Abram said to Lot: We are family. Let there be no fighting between you and me. Let there be no fighting between my shepherds and your shepherds.

9This land is big enough. It will be better if we separate. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. If you go to the right, then I will go to the left. Lot, you can choose.

10Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. It had plenty of water all the way to Zoar. It was like the Garden of the LORD and like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The 2 men separated, and Lot began traveling east.

12Abram stayed in the land of Canaan. Lot lived in the towns of the valley. Lot put up his tents near the city of Sodom.

13The people of Sodom were very wicked. They sinned greatly against the LORD.

14After Abram and Lot had separated, the LORD said to Abram: You must look around you, to the north, to the south, to the east and to the west.

15I will give you and your family all the land that you can see. This land will be your land and your family's land forever.

16I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth. If anyone can count the dust of the earth, they can count your descendants.

17Walk through the whole land, its length and its width. I will give it to you.

18Then Abram moved his tents. Abram went to stay near the big trees of Mamre near the city of Hebron. There Abram built an altar to worship the LORD.