11. So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The two men separated, and Lot began traveling east.
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.
13. The Lord knew that the people of Sodom were very evil sinners.
14. After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, “Look around you. Look north, south, east, west.
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.
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.
17. So go. Walk through your land. I now give it to you.”
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.