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Genesis 13:8-11

8AndAbramאַבְרָ֜ם'av.RamH87saidH559untoLotל֗וֹטLotH3876,Lettherebeתְהִ֤יte.HiH1961nostrifeמְרִיבָה֙me.ri.VahH4808,Ipraythee,betweenmeandthee,andbetweenmyherdsmenandthyherdsmen;forwearebrethren.

9Isnotthewholelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776beforethee?separateהִפָּ֥רֶדhi.Pa.redH6504thyself,Ipraythee,fromme:ifthou wilt takethelefthandH3225,thenIwillgoוְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃ve.'as.me.'I.lahH8041totherightהַיָּמִ֖יןhai.ya.MinH3225;orifthou taketherightH3225handH3225,thenIwillgoH8041totheleft.

10AndLotל֣וֹטLotH3876liftedוַיִּשָּׂא־vai.yi.sa'-H5375uphiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,andbeheldallthePlainoftheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383,thatitwaswell wateredeverywhere,beforeJehovahdestroyedשַׁחֵ֣תsha.ChetH7843Sodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467andGomorrahעֲמֹרָ֔ה'a.mo.RahH6017,likethegardenכְּגַן־ke.gan-H1588ofJehovah,likethelandכְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,asthou goest untoZoarצֹֽעַר׃Tzo.'arH6820.

11SoLotל֗וֹטLotH3876choseH977himallthePlainoftheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383;andLotל֖וֹטLotH3876journeyedeastמִקֶּ֑דֶםmi.Ke.demH6924:andtheyseparatedH6504themselvestheoneH376fromtheother.

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