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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.
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Avram lived in the land of Kena'an; and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent near S'dom.
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Now the men of S'dom were evil, committing great sins against ADONAI.
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ADONAI said to Avram, after Lot had moved away from him, "Look all around you from where you are, to the north, the south, the east and the west.
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All the land you see I will give to you and your descendants forever,
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and I will make your descendants as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth - so that if a person can count the specks of dust on the earth, then your descendants can be counted.