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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.) |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.) |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives! |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD. |
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