| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him. | 1Abram traveled from Egypt, along with his wife and everyone who belonged to his household —including Lot—to the Negev. |
| 2Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold. | 2Now Abram had become quite wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold. |
| 3He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, | 3He journeyed by stages from the Negev to Bethel, the place where his tent had formerly been, between Bethel and Ai, |
| 4to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. | 4where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD. |
| 5Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. | 5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep, herds, and tents. |
| 6And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. | 6But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together. |
| 7And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. | 7There was strife between the herdsmen in charge of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen in charge of Lot's livestock. Also, at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land. |
| 8So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. | 8So Abram told Lot, "Please, let's not have strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives. |
| 9"Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left." | 9Isn't the whole land available to you? Let's separate: If you go to the left, then I will go to the right; if you go to the right, then I will go to the left." |
| 10Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere-- this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah-- like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. | 10Lot looked around and noticed that the whole Jordan plain as far as Zoar was well-watered like the garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) |
| 11So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other. | 11So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan plain. Then Lot traveled eastward, and they separated from each other. |
| 12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. | 12So Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent in the vicinity of Sodom. |
| 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD. | 13Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD. |
| 14The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; | 14After Lot had separated from Abram, the LORD told Abram, "Look off to the north, south , east, and west from where you're living, |
| 15for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. | 15because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see—forever! |
| 16"I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. | 16I'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted. |
| 17"Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you." | 17Get up! Walk throughout the length and breadth of the land, because I'm going to give it to you." |
| 18Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD. | 18So Abram moved his tent and settled beside the oaks of Mamre that are by Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD. |
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