Genesis 13:5-13

New International Version

⁵ Now Lot,^(A) who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶ But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.^{(B) 7} And quarreling^(C) arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites^(D) and Perizzites^(E) were also living in the land^(F) at that time.

⁸ So Abram said to Lot,^(G) “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me,^(H) or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.^{(I) 9} Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”^(J)

¹⁰ Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain^(K) of the Jordan toward Zoar^(L) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,^(M) like the land of Egypt.^(N) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom^(O) and Gomorrah.)^{(P) 11} So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: ¹² Abram lived in the land of Canaan,^(Q) while Lot^(R) lived among the cities of the plain^(S) and pitched his tents near Sodom.^{(T) 13} Now the people of Sodom^(U) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.^(V)