Chapter 13 - Chapter 13

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and hiswife, and all that he had, and Lot with him intothe south.16 Book of Genesis2 And he was very rich in possession of goldand silver.3 And he returned by the way, that he came,from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel andHai,4 In the place of the altar which he had madebefore, and there he called upon the name of theLord.5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, hadflocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.6 Neither was the land able to bear them, thatthey might dwell together: for their substancewas great, and they could not dwell together.7 Whereupon also there arose a strife betweenthe herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at thattime the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelledin that country.8 Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there beno quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee,and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen:for we are brethren.9 Behold the whole land is before thee: departfrom me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the lefthand, I will take the right: if thou choose theright hand, I will pass to the left.10 And Lot lifting up his eyes, saw all thecountry about the Jordan, which was wateredthroughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodomand Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, andlike Egypt as one comes to Segor.11 And Lot chose to himself the country aboutthe Jordan, and he departed from the east: andthey were separated one brother from the other.12 Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan: andLot abode in the towns, that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked,and sinners before the face of the Lord beyondmeasure.14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lotwas separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, andlook from the place wherein thou now art, to thenorth and to the south, to the east and to thewest.15 All the land which thou seest, I will give tothee, and to thy seed for ever.16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of theearth: if any man be able to number the dust ofthe earth, he shall be able to number thy seedalso.17 Arise and walk through the land in thelength, and the breadth thereof: for I will give itto thee.18 So Abram removing his tent, came, anddwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron:and he built there an altar to the Lord.