1. So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him.
2. Abram was very wealthy in livestock, in silver and in gold.
3. He continued on his journey from the Negev and came to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4. to the place where he first made an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5. Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6. But the land was not able to support them both dwelling together because their possessions were so great.
7. And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled in the land at that time.
8. So Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife, I ask you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.
9. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you will go to the left, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right, then I will go to the left.”