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Genesis 13 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Abram and Lot Separate
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Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev ​— ​he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.

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Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

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He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,

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

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

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But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

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and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.)

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So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

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“Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate 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 out and saw that the entire plain[fn] of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the LORD’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

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Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities on the plain and set up his tent near Sodom.

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(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely[fn] against the LORD.)

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After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

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“for I will give you and your offspring[fn] forever all the land that you see.

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

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“Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

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

CSB Footnotes
Lit circle ; i.e., probably the large round plain where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea, also in v. 11
Lit evil and sinful
Lit seed
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