Genesis 13:1-9 ▼

1 And so Abram gat hym vp out of Egypt, he and his wife, and al that he had, and Lot with hym, toward the South.

2 And Abram was very ryche in cattell, in siluer, and in golde.

3 And he went foorth on his iourney, from the south towarde Bethel, vnto the place where his tent had ben at the begynnyng, betwene Bethel and Hai:

4 Euen vnto the place of the aulter whiche he had made there at the first, and there Abram called on the name of the Lorde.

5 Lot also whiche went with Abram, had sheepe, cattell, and tentes.

6 And the lande was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for theyr substaunce was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.

7 And there fell a stryfe betwene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lottes cattell: Moreouer, the Chanaanites, and Pherisites dwelled at that tyme in the lande.

8 Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: let there be no strife I pray thee betweene thee and me, and betweene my heardmen and thyne, for we be brethren.

9 Is not the whole lande before thee? Seperate thy selfe I pray thee from me: yf thou wilt take the left hande, I wyll go to the ryght: or yf thou depart to the ryght hande, I wyll go to the left.