1And Abram went up from Egypt—he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him—to the Negeb.2And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.3And he journeyed by stages from the Negeb as far as Bethel, as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.4To 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 also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.6And the land could not support them to dwell together, for their possessions were many, and they were not able to dwell together.7And strife arose between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land.8And Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no provocation, please, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.9Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or if you take the right, then I will go to the left."10And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan—that it was all irrigation before the LORD ruined Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar.11And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot set out from the East; and they separated, a man from his brother.12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched a tent as far as Sodom.13And the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD—very much so.14And the LORD said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes, please, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward."15For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth, for I will give it to you.18So Abram pitched his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD.