10. This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
11. So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself, and as he started towards the east, he and Abram separated.
12. Abram stayed in the land of Canaan. But Lot settled near the cities of the valley and put up his tents not far from Sodom,
13. where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord.
14. After Abram and Lot had gone their separate ways, the Lord said to Abram:Look around to the north, south, east, and west.
15. I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs for ever!
16. I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and some day it will be easier to count the specks of dust than to count your descendants.
17. Now walk back and forth across the land, because I am giving it to you.
18. Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honour of the Lord.