Genesis 13:5-14

5Now 1Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. 6And 2the land could not 3support both of them 4while living 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 Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

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 relatives! 9Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left.” 10Lot raised his eyes and saw all the 9vicinity of the 10Jordan, 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 14going toward 15Zoar. 11So Lot chose for himself all the 16vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other. 12Abram 17settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot 18settled in 19the cities of the 20vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. 13Now 21the men of Sodom were 22exceedingly wicked 23sinners against the Lord.

14The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “24Now raise your eyes and look from the place where you are, 25northward and southward, and eastward and westward;