1. And Avram went up out of Mitzrayim, he, and his isha, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev.
2. And Avram was very rich in cattle, in kesef, and in zahav.
3. And he went on his journeys from the Negev even to Beit-El, unto the makom where his ohel had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and Ai;
4. Unto the makom of the Mizbe'ach, which he had built there at the first; and there Avram called on the Shem of Hashem.
5. And Lot also, which walked with Avram, had tzon, and herds, and ohalim.
6. And ha'aretz was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their rechush was rav, so that they could not dwell together.
7. And there was a riv between the ro'im of the herd of Avram and the ro'im of the herd of Lot; and the Kena'ani and the Perizzi dwelt then in ha'aretz.
8. And Avram said unto Lot, Let there be no merivah now between me and thee, and between my ro'im and thy ro'im; for we are achim.
9. Is not the kol ha'aretz before thee? Separate thyself, now, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.