| 13 | Genesis | Passage |
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From Egypt Abram returned to the Negeb with his wife and all he possessed, and Lot with him. |
Abram and Lot separate. Gn.13.1-13
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Abram was very rich in livestock, silver and gold. |
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By stages he went from the Negeb to Bethel, where he had first pitched his tent, between Bethel and Ai, |
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at the place where he had formerly erected the altar. There Abram invoked the name of Yahweh. |
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Lot, who was travelling with Abram, had flocks and cattle of his own, and tents too. |
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The land was not sufficient to accommodate them both at once, for they had too many possessions to be able to live together. |
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Dispute broke out between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and those of Lot. (The Canaanites and Perizzites were living in the country at the time.) |
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Accordingly Abram said to Lot, 'We do not want discord between us or between my herdsmen and yours, for we are kinsmen. |
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Is not the whole land open before you? Go in the opposite direction to me: if you take the left, I shall go right; if you take the right, I shall go left.' |
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Looking round, Lot saw all the Jordan plain, irrigated everywhere—this was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah-like the garden of Yahweh or the land of Egypt, as far as Zoar. |
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So Lot chose all the Jordan plain for himself and moved off eastwards. Thus they parted company: |
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Abram settled in the land of Canaan; Lot settled among the cities of the plain, pitching his tents on the outskirts of Sodom. |
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Now the people of Sodom were vicious and great sinners against Yahweh. |
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Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had parted company from him, 'Look all round from where you are, to north and south, to east and west, |
Hebron. Gn.13.14-18
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for all the land within sight I shall give to you and your descendants for ever. |
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I shall make your descendants like the dust on the ground; when people succeed in counting the specks of dust on the ground, then they will be able to count your descendants too! |
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On your feet! Travel the length and breadth of the country, for I mean to give it to you.' |
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So Abram moved his tent and went to settle at the Oak of Mamre, at Hebron, and there he built an altar to Yahweh. |
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