| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. | 1Abram traveled from Egypt, along with his wife and everyone who belonged to his household —including Lot—to the Negev. |
| 2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. | 2Now Abram had become quite wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold. |
| 3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; | 3He journeyed by stages from the Negev to Bethel, the place where his tent had formerly been, between Bethel and Ai, |
| 4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. | 4where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD. |
| 5And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. | 5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep, herds, and tents. |
| 6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. | 6But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together. |
| 7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. | 7There 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. |
| 8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. | 8So Abram told Lot, "Please, let's not have strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives. |
| 9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. | 9Isn'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." |
| 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. | 10Lot 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.) |
| 11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. | 11So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan plain. Then Lot traveled eastward, and they separated from each other. |
| 12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. | 12So 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. |
| 13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. | 13Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD. |
| 14And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: | 14After Lot had separated from Abram, the LORD told Abram, "Look off to the north, south , east, and west from where you're living, |
| 15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. | 15because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see—forever! |
| 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. | 16I'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. |
| 17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. | 17Get up! Walk throughout the length and breadth of the land, because I'm going to give it to you." |
| 18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. | 18So Abram moved his tent and settled beside the oaks of Mamre that are by Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD. |
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