Genesis 13

Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev with his wife and all that he had, and Lot went with him. Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. He journeyed by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at first, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar he had made there at the beginning. There Abram called on the name of the LORD. Lot, who traveled with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. The land could not support them living together, for their possessions were so great that they could not live together. A dispute arose between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land. Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no quarrel between me and you or between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.” Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and journeyed east. Thus they separated from one another. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinned greatly against the LORD. The LORD said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, north and south, east and west, for all the land you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could also be counted. Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” So Abram moved his tent and came to live by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

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