Good News Translation GNT
English Standard Version ESV
1 Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.
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So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.
2 Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.
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Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3 Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before
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And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.
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to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the LORD.
5 Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants.
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And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,
6 And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.
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so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,
7 So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
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and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.
8 Then Abram said to Lot, "We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling.
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Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.
9 So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other."
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Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left."
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11 So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
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So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other.
12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,
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Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13 whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.
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Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.
14 After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, "From where you are, look carefully in all directions.
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The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
15 I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever.
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for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
16 I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!
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I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
17 Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you."
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Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."
18 So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
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So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.