12. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled in the cities of the plain. And he pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13. Now the men of Sodom were extremely wicked sinners against Yahweh.
14. And Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are to the north, and to the south, and to the east and to the west,
15. for all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your descendants, forever.
16. I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be so counted.
17. Arise, go through the length of the land and through its breadth, for I will give it to you.”
18. So Abram pitched his tent, and he came and settled at the oaks of Mamre, which were at Hebron. And there he built an altar to Yahweh.