Genesis

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Genesis 12:9
10 pitched his tent with Bethel on the west Now Lot, who traveled with Abram, also and Ai on the east. There he built an altar had flocks, cattle, and tents. They had so to the LORD and worshipped in the LORD's many possessions between them that the name. 'Then Abram set out toward the arid land couldn't support both of them. They southern plain, making and breaking camp could no longer live together. 'Conflicts as he went.
broke out between those herding Abram's
livestock and those herding Lot's livestock. Abram and Sarai visit Egypt
At that time the Canaanites and the Perizz10 When a famine struck the land, Abram ites lived in the land. went down toward Egypt to live as an im- Abram said to Lot, “Let's not have dismigrant since the famine was so severe in putes between me and you and between the land. "Just before he arrived in Egypt, our herders since we are relatives. 'Isn't the he said to his wife Sarai, “I know you are a whole land in front of you? Let's separate. If good-looking woman. When the Egyp- you go north, I will go south; and if you go tians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife, south, I will go north.” 1°Lot looked up and and they will kill me but let you live. 13 So saw the entire Jordan Valley. All of it was tell them you are my sister so that they will well irrigated, like the garden of the LORD, treat me well for your sake, and I will sur- like the land of Egypt, as far as Zoar (this vive because of you."
was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and 14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyp- Gomorrah). "So Lot chose for himself the tians saw how beautiful his wife was. When entire Jordan Valley. Lot set out toward the Pharaoh's princes saw her, they praised east, and they separated from each other. her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken 2 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, into Pharaoh's household. 16 Things went and Lot settled near the cities of the valley well for Abram because of her: he acquired and pitched his tent close to Sodom. 13 The flocks, cattle, male donkeys, men servants, citizens of Sodom were very evil and sinful women servants, female donkeys, and cam- against the LORD. els. Then the LORD struck Pharaoh and 4After Lot separated from him, the LORD his household with severe plagues because said to Abram, “From the place where you of Abram's wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh sum- are standing, look up and gaze to the north, moned Abram and said, “What's this you've south, east, and west, because all the land done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was that you see I give you and your descendants your wife? Why did you say, 'She's my sis- forever. 16I will make your descendants like ter, so that I made her my wife? Now, here's the dust of the earth. If someone could count your wife. Take her and go!" 20 Pharaoh gave the bits of dust on the earth, then they could his men orders concerning Abram, and they also count your descendants. "Stand up and expelled him with his wife and everything walk around through the length and breadth he had.
of the land because I am giving it to you."
18 So Abram packed his tent and went and Abram and Lot separate
settled by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. 12 Abram went up from Egypt toward There he built an altar to the LORD.
the arid southern plain with his wife, with everything he had, and with Abram rescues Lot Lot. ?Abram was very wealthy in live- 17. While Amraphel was king of Shinar, stock, silver, and gold. 3Abram traveled, Ellasar's King Arioch, Elam's King making and breaking camp, from the arid Chedorlaomer, and Goiim's King Tidal desouthen plain to Bethel and to the sacred clared war on Sodom's King Bera, Gomorplace there, where he had first pitched his rah's King Birsha, Admah's King Shinab, tent between Bethel and Ai, that is, to the Zeboiim's King Shemeber, and the king place at which he had earlier built the altar. of Bela, that is, Zoar. ?These latter kings There he worshipped in the LORD's name. formed an alliance in the Siddim Valley