1. Abram left Egypt with his wife and everything he had and went to the Negev. Lot was with him.
2. Abram was very rich because he had livestock, silver, and gold.
3. He traveled from place to place. He went from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the area between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been originally,
4. where he had first made an altar. There Abram worshiped the Lord.
5. Lot, who had been traveling with Abram, also had his own sheep, cattle, and tents.
6. There wasn’t enough pastureland for both of them. They had so many possessions that they were unable to remain together.
7. Quarrels broke out between Abram’s herders and Lot’s herders. (Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in that area.)
8. Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have any more quarrels between us or between our herders. After all, we’re relatives.
9. Isn’t all this land yours also? Let’s separate. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right, and if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
10. Then Lot looked in the direction of Zoar as far as he could see. He saw that the whole Jordan Plain was well-watered like the Lord’s garden or like Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11. Lot chose the whole Jordan Plain for himself. He moved toward the east. They each went their own way.