3. He left southern Canaan and went back to Bethel. He went where he had camped before, between Bethel and Ai.
4. It was the place where Abram had built an altar before. So he worshiped the Lord there.
5. During this time Lot was traveling with Abram. Lot also had many sheep, cattle and tents.
6. Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together.
7. Abram’s herders and Lot’s herders began to argue. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at this time.
8. So Abram said to Lot, “There should be no arguing between you and me. Your herders and mine should not argue either. We are brothers.
9. We should separate. The whole land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
10. Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. It was like the Lord’s garden, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11. So Lot chose to move east and live in the Jordan Valley. In this way Abram and Lot separated.
12. Abram lived in the land of Canaan. But Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan Valley. He moved very near to Sodom.