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1 So Abram, his wife, and Lot left Egypt, taking everything they owned, and traveled to southern Canaan.
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So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
2 Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.
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Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
3 He left southern Canaan and went back to Bethel where he had camped before, between Bethel and Ai,
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From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
4 and where he had built an altar. So he worshiped the Lord there.
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and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 During this time Lot was traveling with Abram, and Lot also had flocks, herds, and tents.
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Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together,
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But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
7 so Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen began to argue. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at this time.
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And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
8 Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, because we are brothers.
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So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.
9 We should separate. The whole land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."
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Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
10 Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan Valley and that there was much water there. It was like the Lord's garden, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11 So Lot chose to move east and live in the Jordan Valley. In this way Abram and Lot separated.
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So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan Valley, very near to Sodom.
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Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
13 Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord.
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Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.
14 After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look all around you -- to the north and south and east and west.
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The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.
15 All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
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All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.
16 I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.
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I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
17 Get up! Walk through all this land because I am now giving it to you."
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Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.
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So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the LORD.
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