Genesis 13:1-16

Genesis 13:1-16

[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] 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  of Abram's  cattle  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,  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] 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  can  number  the dust  of the earth,  then shall thy seed  also be numbered.