Abram and Lot Part Ways 1 WBS And Abram returned from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. BSB BSB: So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
2 WBS And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. BSB BSB: And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
3 WBS And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; BSB BSB: From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
4 WBS To the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. BSB BSB: to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 WBS And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. BSB BSB: Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 WBS 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. BSB BSB: But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
7 WBS 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 dwelt then in the land. BSB BSB: And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
8 WBS And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren. BSB BSB: So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.
9 WBS 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 wilt depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.BSB BSB: Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
Lot Proceeds toward Sodom 11 WBS Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. BSB BSB: So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
12 WBS Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent towards Sodom. BSB BSB: Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 WBS But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD, exceedingly. BSB BSB: But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
God Renews the Promise to Abram 14 WBS And the LORD said to Abram, after 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: BSB BSB: After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
15 WBS For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. BSB BSB: for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
16 WBS 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. BSB BSB: I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
17 WBS Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee. BSB BSB: Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
18 WBS Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD. BSB BSB: So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.