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| 1So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. | 1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. |
| 2Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. | 2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. |
| 3And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, | 3And 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; |
| 4to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the LORD. | 4Unto 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, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, | 5And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. |
| 6so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, | 6And 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. |
| 7and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land. | 7And 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. |
| 8Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen. | 8And 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. |
| 9Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.” | 9Is 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. |
| 10And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) | 10And 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. |
| 11So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. | 11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. |
| 12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. | 12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. |
| 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD. | 13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. |
| 14The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, | 14And 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: |
| 15for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. | 15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. |
| 16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. | 16And 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. |
| 17Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” | 17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. |
| 18So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD. | 18Then 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. |
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