MLV(i)
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 heavy in riches, in cattle, in silver and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the South even to 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 first. And Abram called on the name of Jehovah there.
5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also 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 herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt in the land then.
8 And Abram said to Lot, I beseech you, let there be no strife between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, in that we are men– brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? I beseech you, separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere ( this was before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
11 So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot traveled east and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and great sinners against Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up your eyes now 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 everlasting. 16 And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth. So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may your seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, because I will give it to you.
18 And Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron and built an altar there to Jehovah.
5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also 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 herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt in the land then.
8 And Abram said to Lot, I beseech you, let there be no strife between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, in that we are men– brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? I beseech you, separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere ( this was before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
11 So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot traveled east and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and great sinners against Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up your eyes now 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 everlasting. 16 And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth. So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may your seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, because I will give it to you.
18 And Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron and built an altar there to Jehovah.