1. Then Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev — he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.
2. Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
3. He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,
4. to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of Yahweh there.
5. Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.
6. But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,
7. and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.