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1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.
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And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
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Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
3 He journeyed on by stages from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
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And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
4 to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
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To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.
5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,
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And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;
6 so that the land could not support both of them living together; for their possessions were so great that they could not live together,
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So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.
7 and there was strife between the herders of Abram's livestock and the herders of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land.
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And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
8 Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herders and my herders; for we are kindred.
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Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
9 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."
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Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
10 Lot looked about him, and saw that the plain of the Jordan 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 had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
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And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.
11 So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward; thus they separated from each other.
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So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.
12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the Plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
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Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
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Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
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And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:
15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
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For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
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And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
17 Rise up, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."
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Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.
18 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.
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And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
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