Genesis 13 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Abram and Lot Separate

Gen 13:1So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.

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

Gen 13:3From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.

Gen 13:4

Gen 13:4This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.

Gen 13:5

Gen 13:5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.

Gen 13:6

Gen 13:6But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

Gen 13:7

Gen 13:7So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)

Gen 13:8

Gen 13:8Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!

Gen 13:9

Gen 13:9The 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.”

Gen 13:10

Gen 13:10Lot 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.)

Gen 13:11

Gen 13:11Lot 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.

Gen 13:12

Gen 13:12So 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.

Gen 13:13

Gen 13:13But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD.

Gen 13:14

Gen 13:14After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.

Gen 13:15

Gen 13:15I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[fn] as a permanent possession.

Gen 13:16

Gen 13:16And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!

Gen 13:17

Gen 13:17Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”

Gen 13:18

Gen 13:18So 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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(13:15)

Hebrew seed; also in 13:16.

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