2. Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3. He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4. to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.
5. Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
6. The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
7. There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
8. Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
9. Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”