Genesis 13

Genesis 13:1

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

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Genesis 13:2

And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

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Genesis 13:3

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

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Bethel and Hai i.e. , The place which was afterwards called Bethel by Jacob , and so called when Moses wrote; for its first name was Luz . Genesis 28 . 19.

Genesis 13:4

to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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Genesis 13:5

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

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Genesis 13:6

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

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Genesis 13:7

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

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dwelled i.e. , They were there when Abram and Lot came to pitch their tents in the land.

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

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brethren Heb. men

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Now 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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Genesis 13:10

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

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Genesis 13:12

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

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Genesis 13:14

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, "Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

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Genesis 13:15

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

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Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

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Genesis 13:17

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you."

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Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

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plain Heb. plains