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1. So Abram left Egypt. He traveled through the Negev with his wife and everything he owned. Lot was also with them.
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1. And Abram H87 went up H5927 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , he H1931 , and his wife H802 , and all H3605 that H834 he had , and Lot H3876 with H5973 him , into the south H5045 .
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2. At this time Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
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2. And Abram H87 was very H3966 rich H3515 in cattle H4735 , in silver H3701 , and in gold H2091 .
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3. Abram continued traveling around. He left the Negev and went back to Bethel. He went to the place between the city of Bethel and Ai where he and his family had camped before.
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3. And he went H1980 on his journeys H4550 from the south H4480 H5045 even to H5704 Bethel H1008 , unto H5704 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 his tent H168 had been H1961 at the beginning H8462 , between H996 Bethel H1008 and Hai H5857 ;
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4. This was where Abram had built an altar earlier. So he worshiped the Lord there.
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4. Unto H413 the place H4725 of the altar H4196 , which H834 he had made H6213 there H8033 at the first H7223 : and there H8033 Abram H87 called H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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5. During this time Lot was also traveling with Abram. Lot had many animals and tents.
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5. And Lot H3876 also H1571 , which went H1980 with H854 Abram H87 , had H1961 flocks H6629 , and herds H1241 , and tents H168 .
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6. Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together.
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6. And the land H776 was not H3808 able to bear H5375 them , that they might dwell H3427 together H3162 : for H3588 their substance H7399 was H1961 great H7227 , so that they could H3201 not H3808 dwell H3427 together H3162 .
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7. (The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.
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7. And there was H1961 a strife H7379 between H996 the herdsmen H7462 of Abram H87 's cattle H4735 and the herdsmen H7462 of Lot H3876 's cattle H4735 : and the Canaanite H3669 and the Perizzite H6522 dwelled H3427 then H227 in the land H776 .
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8. So Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me or between your people and my people. We are all brothers.
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8. And Abram H87 said H559 unto H413 Lot H3876 , Let there be H1961 no H408 strife H4808 , I pray thee H4994 , between H996 me and thee , and between H996 my herdsmen H7462 and thy herdsmen H7462 ; for H3588 we H587 be brethren H251 .
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9. We should separate. You can choose any place you want. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."
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9. Is not H3808 the whole H3605 land H776 before H6440 thee? separate thyself H6504 , I pray thee H4994 , from H4480 H5921 me: if H518 thou wilt take the left hand H8040 , then I will go to the right H3231 ; or if H518 thou depart to the right hand H3225 , then I will go to the left H8041 .
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10. Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
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10. And Lot H3876 lifted up H5375 H853 his eyes H5869 , and beheld H7200 H853 all H3605 the plain H3603 of Jordan H3383 , that H3588 it was well watered H4945 every where H3605 , before H6440 the LORD H3068 destroyed H7843 H853 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 , even as the garden H1588 of the LORD H3068 , like the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , as thou comest H935 unto Zoar H6820 .
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11. So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The two men separated, and Lot began traveling east.
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11. Then Lot H3876 chose H977 him H853 all H3605 the plain H3603 of Jordan H3383 ; and Lot H3876 journeyed H5265 east H4480 H6924 : and they separated themselves H6504 the one H376 from H4480 H5921 the other H251 .
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12. Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived among the cities in the valley. Lot moved as far as Sodom and made his camp there.
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12. Abram H87 dwelled H3427 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , and Lot H3876 dwelled H3427 in the cities H5892 of the plain H3603 , and pitched his tent H167 toward H5704 Sodom H5467 .
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13. The Lord knew that the people of Sodom were very evil sinners.
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13. But the men H376 of Sodom H5467 were wicked H7451 and sinners H2400 before the LORD H3068 exceedingly H3966 .
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14. After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look around you. Look north and south and east and west.
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14. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Abram H87 , after that H310 Lot H3876 was separated H6504 from H4480 H5973 him , Lift up H5375 now H4994 thine eyes H5869 , and look H7200 from H4480 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 thou H859 art northward H6828 , and southward H5045 , and eastward H6924 , and westward H3220 :
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15. All this land that you see I will give to you and your people who live after you. This will be your land forever.
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15. For H3588 H853 all H3605 the land H776 which H834 thou H859 seest H7200 , to thee will I give H5414 it , and to thy seed H2233 forever H5704 H5769 .
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16. I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.
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16. And I will make H7760 H853 thy seed H2233 as the dust H6083 of the earth H776 : so that H834 if H518 a man H376 can H3201 number H4487 H853 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 , then shall thy seed H2233 also H1571 be numbered H4487 .
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17. So go. Walk through your land. I now give it to you."
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17. Arise H6965 , walk H1980 through the land H776 in the length H753 of it and in the breadth H7341 of it; for H3588 I will give H5414 it unto thee.
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18. So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord.
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18. Then Abram H87 removed his tent H167 , and came H935 and dwelt H3427 in the plain H436 of Mamre H4471 , which H834 is in Hebron H2275 , and built H1129 there H8033 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 .
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