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Genesis 13
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1And Abram went up out of Egypt, heand his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.
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, and silver, and gold.
2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,
3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;
4to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5And Lot who went out with Abramhad sheep, and oxen, and tents.
5And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.
6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.
7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strifebetween me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brethren.
8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9Behold! is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself 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.
9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered , before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zogora.
10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram lived in the land of Chanaan.
11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12And Lot lived in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
14And God said to Abramafter Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northwardand southward, and eastwardand seaward;
14And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your seed for ever.
15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.
16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth ; for to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever.
17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18And Abram having removed his tent, came and lived by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.
18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.