So Abram went up from Egypt to ^athe ¹Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

2 Now Abram was ^avery rich in livestock, silver, and gold. 3 And he went ¹on his journeys from the ²Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, ^abetween Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place of the ^aaltar which he had made there previously; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 5 Now ^aLot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. 6 And ^athe land could not ¹support both of them ²while living together, ^bfor their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. 7 ^aAnd there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now ^bthe Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

8 ^aSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives! 9 Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left.” 10 Lot raised his eyes and saw all the ¹vicinity of the ^aJordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD ^bdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^cthe garden of the LORD, ^dlike the land of Egypt ²going toward ^eZoar. 11 So Lot chose for himself all the ¹vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other. 12 Abram ¹settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot ²settled in ^athe cities of the ³vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. 13 Now ^athe men of Sodom were ¹exceedingly wicked ^bsinners against the LORD.

14 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “^aNow raise your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^bnorthward and southward, and eastward and westward; 15 ^afor all the land which you see ^bI will give to you and to your ¹descendants forever. 16 I will make your ¹descendants ^aas plentiful as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, then your ²descendants could also be counted. 17 Arise, ^awalk about in the land through its length and width; for ^bI will give it to you.” 18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the ^1aoaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built ^ban altar to the LORD.