13 August 2022 draft-bible
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt—he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him—into the Negev. 2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place of the altar which he had made there at the first; and there Abram called on the name of Yahweh. 5 And also Lot, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to support them living together, because their possessions were too great for them to live together. 7 And there was strife between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. And the Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time. 8 And Abram said to Lot, Please, let there no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go left, then I will go right; or if you go right, then I will go left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar. 11 So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another. 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived among the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Yahweh exceedingly.
14 And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Now lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward. 15 For all the land which you see, to you I will give it, and to your seed forever. 16 And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width, for to you I will give it. 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
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