1 So|strong="H5927" Abram|strong="H0087" left|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H0834" traveled through|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Negev|strong="H5045" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4714" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" owned. Lot|strong="H3876" was|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927".
2 At|strong="H3701" this time Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H0087" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H3513". He had|strong="H0087" many animals and|strong="H3701" much|strong="H3966" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091".
3 Abram continued|strong="H1961" traveling around|strong="H0996". He|strong="H0834" left|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" Negev|strong="H5045" and|strong="H8033" went|strong="H1961" back to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008". He|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0834" city of|strong="H0168" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H8033" Ai|strong="H5857", where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H1961" family|strong="H0168" had|strong="H0834" camped before|strong="H5704".
4 This|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" where|strong="H0834" Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" an|strong="H8033" altar|strong="H4196" earlier|strong="H7223". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H0834" worshiped|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033".
5 During|strong="H1961" this time|strong="H1961" Lot|strong="H3876" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" traveling|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" Abram|strong="H0087". Lot|strong="H3876" had|strong="H1961" many animals|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1980" tents|strong="H0168".
6 Abram and|strong="H0776" Lot had|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" support|strong="H5375" both|strong="H3162" of|strong="H0776" them|strong="H0853" together|strong="H3162".
7 (The|strong="H0996" Canaanites|strong="H3669" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0996" Perizzites|strong="H6522" were|strong="H1961" also living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this land|strong="H0776" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0996" same time|strong="H0227".) The|strong="H0996" shepherds|strong="H7473" of|strong="H0776" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H0776" Lot|strong="H3876" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" argue.
8 So|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Lot|strong="H3876", “There|strong="H1961" should|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0408" arguing between|strong="H0996" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H0376" me|strong="H0413" or|strong="H0408" between|strong="H0996" your|strong="H3588" people|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H0376". We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0376" all|strong="H0376" brothers|strong="H0251".
9 We|strong="H0518" should|strong="H0518" separate|strong="H6504". You|strong="H0518" can|strong="H0518" choose any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0518" want. If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" go|strong="H8041" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0776" go|strong="H8041" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" go|strong="H8041" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0776" go|strong="H8041" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040".”
10 Lot|strong="H3876" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" Valley|strong="H3603". He|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" much|strong="H3605" water there|strong="H3068". (This|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7843" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H0935" Gomorrah|strong="H6017". At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" time the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" Valley|strong="H3603" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" Zoar|strong="H6820" was|strong="H3068" like|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Garden|strong="H1588". This|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" good land|strong="H0776", like|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714".)
11 So|strong="H5921" Lot|strong="H3876" chose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H0977" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" Valley|strong="H3603". The|strong="H3605" two men|strong="H0376" separated|strong="H6504", and|strong="H0376" Lot|strong="H3876" began traveling|strong="H5265" east|strong="H6924".
12 Abram|strong="H0087" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H0776" Lot|strong="H3876" lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" valley|strong="H3603". Lot|strong="H3876" moved|strong="H0167" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H0776" made his|strong="H0087" camp there|strong="H3427".
13 The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" knew that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Sodom|strong="H5467" were|strong="H0376" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451" sinners|strong="H2400".
14 After|strong="H0310" Lot|strong="H3876" left|strong="H8033", the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abram|strong="H0087", “Look|strong="H7200" around|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0859". Look|strong="H7200" north|strong="H6828", south|strong="H5045", east|strong="H6924", west|strong="H3220".
15 All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" see|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" live after|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859". This|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" forever|strong="H5769".
16 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" make|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" people|strong="H0376" so|strong="H0834" many that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H1571" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" dust|strong="H6083" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776". If|strong="H0518" people|strong="H0376" could|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4487" all|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" particles of|strong="H0776" dust|strong="H6083" on|strong="H0776" earth|strong="H0776", they|strong="H0834" could|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4487" your|strong="H7760" people|strong="H0376".
17 So|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980". Walk|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588".”
18 So|strong="H0834" Abram|strong="H0087" moved|strong="H0167" his|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0167". He|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0834" big trees of|strong="H3068" Mamre|strong="H4471". This|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" near|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0834" city of|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275". There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H0935" honor the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068".