Genesis 13:5-14

5Now 1Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6And 2the land could not 3sustain them 4while dwelling together, 5for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. 76And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now 7the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

88So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. 9Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.” 10Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the 910valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere--this was before the Lord 11destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like 12the garden of the Lord, 13like the land of Egypt as you go to 14Zoar. 11So Lot chose for himself all the 15valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other. 12Abram 16settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot 17settled in 18the cities of the 19valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. 13Now 20the men of Sodom were wicked 21exceedingly and 22sinners against the Lord.

14The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “23Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, 24northward and southward and eastward and westward;