12. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the Plain, pitching his tents near Sodom.
13. Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
14. After Lot had parted from him, the Lord said to Abram: Look about you, and from where you are, gaze to the north and south, east and west;
15. all the land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
16. I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants too might be counted.
17. Get up and walk through the land, across its length and breadth, for I give it to you.
18. Abram moved his tents and went on to settle near the oak of Mamre, which is at Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.