Get up! Walk throughout the length and breadth of the land, because I'm going to give it to you."

I'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

So Abram moved his tent and settled beside the oaks of Mamre that are by Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

After Lot had separated from Abram, the LORD told Abram, "Look off to the north, south, east, and west from where you're living,

Abram traveled from Egypt, along with his wife and everyone who belonged to his household including Lot to the Negev.

Lot looked around and noticed that the whole Jordan plain as far as Zoar was well-watered like the garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see forever!

So Abram told Lot, "Please, let's not have strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD.

Now Abram had become quite wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.

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

So Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent in the vicinity of Sodom.

There was strife between the herdsmen in charge of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen in charge of Lot's livestock. Also, at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.

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

But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together.

Isn't the whole land available to you? Let's separate: If you go to the left, then I will go to the right; if you go to the right, then I will go to the left."

where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.

So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan plain. Then Lot traveled eastward, and they separated from each other.