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13:1  So Abram, his wife, and Lot ·left [L came up from] Egypt, taking everything they owned, and traveled ·to southern Canaan [L into the Negev; C a somewhat desolate area].
13:2  Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.
13:3  He ·left [L went by stages from] ·southern Canaan [L the Negev] and went back to Bethel where ·he had camped before [L his tent had been], between Bethel and Ai [12:8],
13:4  and where he had built an altar [L at first]. So he ·worshiped [L called on the name of] the Lord there.
13:5  During this time Lot was traveling with Abram, and Lot also had flocks, herds, and tents.
13:6  Abram and Lot had so many ·animals [L possessions] that the land could not support both of them together,
13:7  so Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen began to argue. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at this time.
13:8  Abram said to Lot, “There should be no arguing between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, because we are ·brothers [relatives].
13:9  We should separate. ·The whole land is [L Is not the whole land…?] there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
13:10  Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan ·Valley [or plain; region] and that there was much water there. It was like the Lord’s garden [C the garden of Eden], like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar [C name meaning “small,” in the vicinity of Sodom and Gomorrah; 14:2, 17; 19:23–24]. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah [19:1–29].)
13:11  So Lot chose to move east and live in the Jordan Valley [13:10]. In this way Abram and Lot separated.
13:12  Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan Valley [13:10], ·very near to [L he moved his tent near] Sodom.
13:13  Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord.
13:14  After Lot ·left [L had separated from him], the Lord said to Abram, “Look all around you—to the north and south and east and west.
13:15  All this land that you see I will give to you and your ·descendants [L seed] forever.
13:16  I will make your ·descendants [L seed] as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your ·people [L seed].
13:17  Get up! Walk through ·all [L the length and width of] this land because I am now giving it to you.”
13:18  So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great ·trees [L oaks; or terebinths] of Mamre [C an area near Hebron, named after an Amorite leader; 14:13, 24] at the city of Hebron [C nineteen miles south of Jerusalem]. There he built an altar to the Lord.