Genesis 13

Abram Inherits Canaan

1 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and *Gen. 12:4; 14:12, 16Lot with him, *Gen. 12:9to the South. 2 *Gen. 24:35; 26:14; Ps. 112:3; Prov. 10:22Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journey *Gen. 12:8, 9from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the *Gen. 12:7, 8; 21:33place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram *Ps. 116:17called on the name of the Lord.

5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now *Gen. 36:7the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was *Gen. 26:20strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. *Gen. 12:6; 15:20, 21The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, *1 Cor. 6:7; (Phil. 2:14, 15)"Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 *Gen. 20:15; 34:10Is not the whole land before you? Please *Gen. 13:11, 14separate from me. *(Rom. 12:18)If youtake the left, then I will go to the right; or, if yougo to the right, then I will go to the left."

10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all *Gen. 19:17–29; Deut. 34:3the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord*Gen. 19:24destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) *Gen. 2:8, 10; Is. 51:3like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward *Gen. 14:2, 8; 19:22; Deut. 34:3Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot *Gen. 19:24, 25, 29dwelt in the cities of the plain and *Gen. 14:12; 19:1pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom *Gen. 18:20, 21; Ezek. 16:49; 2 Pet. 2:7, 8were exceedingly wicked and *Gen. 6:11; 39:9; Num. 32:23sinful against the Lord.

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot *Gen. 13:11had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—*Gen. 28:14northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see *Gen. 12:7; 13:17; 15:7, 18; 17:8; Deut. 34:4; Acts 7:5I give to you and *2 Chr. 20:7; Ps. 37:22your descendants forever. 16 And *Gen. 22:17; Ex. 32:13; Num. 23:10I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you."

18 *Gen. 26:17Then Abram moved his tent, and went and *Gen. 14:13dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, *Gen. 23:2; 35:27which are in Hebron, and built an *Gen. 8:20; 22:8, 9altar there to the Lord.