1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai, 4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at first: and there Abram called on the name of Yehovah. 5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together. 7And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, please, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brothers. 9Is not the whole land before you? please separate yourself from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Yehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. 11So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Yehovah exceedingly. 14And Yehovah said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward: 15for all the land which you see, to you I will give it, and to your seed forever. 16And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed also may be numbered. 17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for to you I will give it. 18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar to Yehovah.