13Genesis 13

Abram and Lot Separate

1Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.Select Genesis 13:1

2Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.Select Genesis 13:2

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 beforeSelect Genesis 13:3

4and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.Select Genesis 13:4

5Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants.Select Genesis 13:5

6And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.Select Genesis 13:6

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.)Select Genesis 13:7

8Then Abram said to Lot, “We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling.Select Genesis 13:8

9So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other.”Select Genesis 13:9

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.)Select Genesis 13:10

11So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.Select Genesis 13:11

12Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,Select Genesis 13:12

13whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.Select Genesis 13:13

Abram Moves to Hebron

14After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, “From where you are, look carefully in all directions.Select Genesis 13:14

15I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever.Select Genesis 13:15

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!Select Genesis 13:16

17Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you.”Select Genesis 13:17

18So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.Select Genesis 13:18