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Genesis

1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cat­tle, in sil­ver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his jour­neys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the be­gin­ning, be­tween Bethel and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the al­tar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 5 And Lot al­so, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And 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. 7 And 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. 8 And 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. 9 Is 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. 10 And 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. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jor­dan; and Lot jour­neyed east: and they sep­a­rat­ed them­selves the one from the oth­er. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent to­ward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sin­ners be­fore the LORD ex­ceed­ing­ly. 14 And 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: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ev­er. 16 And 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. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then 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.