| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South. | 1Abram traveled from Egypt, along with his wife and everyone who belonged to his household —including Lot—to the Negev. |
| 2Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. | 2Now Abram had become quite wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold. |
| 3And he went on his journey from the South 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 at first. 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. |
| 5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. | 5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep, herds, and tents. |
| 6Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell 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. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt 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, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. | 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. |
| 9Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go 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." |
| 10And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward 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.) |
| 11Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And 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 dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even 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. |
| 13But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD. | 13Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD. |
| 14And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, 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 give to you and your descendants forever. | 15because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see—forever! |
| 16And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could 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. |
| 17Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I 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 went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there 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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