Genesis 13

vayya'al avram mimmitsrayim hu ve'ishto vekhol-asher-lo velot immo hannegbah

From Egypt, Abram went up into the Negeb, with his wife and all that he possessed, together with Lot.

ve'avram kaved me'od bammiqneh bakkesef uvazzahav

Now Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.

vayyelekh lemassa'ayw minnegev ve'ad-bet-el ad-hammaqom asher-hayah sham oholoh battekhillah ben bet-el uven ha'ay

And he proceeded by stages from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been formerly, between Bethel and Ai,

el-meqom hammizbeakh asher-asah sham barishonah vayyiqra sham avram beshem Adonai

the site of the altar that he had built there at first; and there Abram invoked GOD by name.

vegam-lelot haholekh et-avram hayah tson-uvaqar ve'ohalim

Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,

velo-nasa otam ha'arets lashevet yakhdav ki-hayah rekhusham rav velo yakhelu lashevet yakhdav

so that the land could not support them staying together; for their possessions were so great that they could not remain together.

vayehi-riv ben ro'e miqneh-avram uven ro'e miqneh-lot vehakkena'ani vehapperizzi az yoshev ba'arets

And there was quarreling between the herders of Abram’s cattle and those of Lot’s cattle.—The Canaanites and Perizzites were then dwelling in the land.—

vayyomer avram el-lot al-na tehi merivah beni uvenekha uven ro'ay uven ro'ekha ki-anashim akhim anakhenu

Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, between my herders and yours, for we are, after all, kin.

halo khol-ha'arets lefanekha hippared na me'alay im-hassemol ve'eminah ve'im-hayyamin ve'asme'ilah

Is not the whole land before you? Let us separate: if you go north, I will go south; and if you go south, I will go north.”

vayyissa-lot et-enayw vayyar et-kol-kikkar hayyarden ki khullah mashqeh lifne shakhet Adonai et-sedom ve'et-amorah kegan-Adonai ke'erets mitsrayim bo'akhah tso'ar

Lot looked about him and saw how well watered was the whole plain of the Jordan, all of it—this was before GOD had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—all the way to Zoar, like the garden of GOD, like the land of Egypt.

vayyivkhar-lo lot et kol-kikkar hayyarden vayyissa lot miqqedem vayyipparedu ish me'al akhiv

So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they parted from each other;

avram yashav be'erets-kena'an velot yashav be'are hakkikkar vayye'ehal ad-sedom

Abram remained in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the Plain, pitching his tents near Sodom.

ve'anshe sedom ra'im vekhatta'im la-Adonai me'od

Now the inhabitants of Sodom were very wicked sinners against GOD.

va-Adonai amar el-avram akhare hippared-lot me'immo sa na enekha ure'eh min-hammaqom asher-attah sham tsafonah vanegbah vaqedemah vayammah

And GOD said to Abram, after Lot had parted from him, “Raise your eyes and look out from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west,

ki et-kol-ha'arets asher-attah ro'eh lekha ettenennah ulezarakha ad-olam

for I give all the land that you see to you and your offspring forever.

vesamti et-zarakha ka'afar ha'arets asher im-yukhal ish limnot et-afar ha'arets gam-zarakha yimmaneh

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring too can be counted.

qum hithallekh ba'arets le'orkah ulerokhbah ki lekha ettenennah

Up, walk about the land, through its length and its breadth, for I give it to you.”

vayye'ehal avram vayyavo vayyeshev be'elone mamre asher bekhevron vayyiven-sham mizbeakh la-Adonai

And Abram moved his tent, and came to dwell at the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and he built an altar there to GOD.