Genesis 13:1-9 ⓘ

13:1 Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.

13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

13:3 He went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

13:4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the LORD’s name.

13:5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.

13:6 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.

13:7 There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.

13:8 Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.

13:9 Isn’t the whole land before you? Please 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.”