⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(A) and pitched his tent,^(B) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(C) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(D)

³ From the Negev^(A) he went from place to place until he came to Bethel,^(B) to the place between Bethel and Ai^(C) where his tent had been earlier ⁴ and where he had first built an altar.^(D) There Abram called on the name of the Lord.^(E)

⁵ Now Lot,^(F) 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.^{(G) 7} And quarreling^(H) arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites^(I) and Perizzites^(J) were also living in the land^(K) at that time.

⁸ So Abram said to Lot,^(L) “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me,^(M) or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.^{(N) 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.”^(O)

¹⁰ Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain^(P) of the Jordan toward Zoar^(Q) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,^(R) like the land of Egypt.^(S) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom^(T) and Gomorrah.)^(U)

¹⁸ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head^(A) and set it up as a pillar^(B) and poured oil on top of it.^(C)

²² and^[a] this stone that I have set up as a pillar^(A) will be God’s house,^(B) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.^(C)”