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Abram went up out of Egypt : he, his wife , all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South .
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Abram was very rich in livestock , in silver , and in gold .
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He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel , to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai ,
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to the place of the altar , which he had made there at the first . There Abram called on the name of Yahweh .
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Lot also, who went with Abram , had flocks , and herds , and tents .
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The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
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There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram 's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock : and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.
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Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
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Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand , then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand , then I will go to the left."
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Lot lifted up his eyes , and saw all the plain of the Jordan , that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , like the garden of Yahweh , like the land of Egypt , as you go to Zoar .
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So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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Abram lived in the land of Canaan , and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom .
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Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh .
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Yahweh said to Abram , after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes , and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
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for all the land which you see , I will give to you, and to your offspring forever .
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I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth , so that if a man can number the dust of the earth , then your seed may also be numbered.
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Arise , walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."
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Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre , which are in Hebron , and built an altar there to Yahweh .