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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.
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Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
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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;
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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.
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And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.