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Avram went up from Egypt - he, his wife and everything he had, and Lot with him - into the Negev.
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Avram became wealthy, with much cattle, silver and gold.
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As he went on his travels from the Negev, he came to Beit-El, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and 'Ai,
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where he had first built the altar; and there Avram called on the name of ADONAI.
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Lot, who was traveling with Avram, also had flocks, herds and tents.
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But the land could not support their living together, because their possessions were too great for them to remain together.
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Moreover, quarreling arose between Avram's and Lot's herdsmen. The Kena'ani and the P'rizi were then living in the land.
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Avram said to Lot, "Please, let's not have quarreling between me and you, or between my herdsmen and yours, since we're kinsmen.
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Isn't the whole land there in front of you? Please separate yourself from me - 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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Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before ADONAI destroyed S'dom and 'Amora, like the garden of ADONAI, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo'ar.
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So Lot chose all the plain of the Yarden for himself, and Lot traveled eastward; thus they separated themselves from each other.