Abram and Lot

13 So Abram went up from Egypt to ^(A)the ^[a]Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

² Now Abram was ^(B)very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. ³ And he went ^[b]on his journeys from the ^[c]Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, ^(C)between Bethel and Ai, ⁴ to the place of the ^(D)altar which he had made there previously; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. ⁵ Now ^(E)Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. ⁶ And ^(F)the land could not ^[d]support both of them ^[e]while living together, ^(G)for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. ^7 (H)And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now ^(I)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

^8 (J)So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives! ⁹ Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left.” ¹⁰ Lot raised his eyes and saw all the ^[f]vicinity of the ^(K)Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord ^(L)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like ^(M)the garden of the Lord, ^(N)like the land of Egypt ^[g]going toward ^(O)Zoar. ¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the ^[h]vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other. ¹² Abram ^[i]settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot ^[j]settled in ^(P)the cities of the ^[k]vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. ¹³ Now ^(Q)the men of Sodom were ^[l]exceedingly wicked ^(R)sinners against the Lord.

Lot and His Daughters

³⁰ Now Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and ^(A)stayed in the ^[a]mountains, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. ³¹ Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man ^[b]on earth to ^[c](B)have relations with us according to the custom of all the earth. ³² Come, ^(C)let’s make our father drink wine, and let’s sleep with him so that we may keep ^[d]our family alive through our father.” ³³ So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or got up. ³⁴ On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept last night with my father; let’s make him drink wine tonight too, then you go in and sleep with him, so that we may keep ^[e]our family alive through our father.” ³⁵ So they had their father drink wine that night too, and the younger got up and slept with him; and he did not know when she lay down or got up. ³⁶ And so both of the daughters of Lot conceived by their father. ³⁷ The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him ^(D)Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. ³⁸ As for the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and named him Ben-ammi; he is the father of ^[f]the sons of ^(E)Ammon to this day.