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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 13 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Genesis 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/12.htm" title="Genesis 12">◄</a> Genesis 13 <a href="../genesis/14.htm" title="Genesis 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/genesis/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Abram and Lot Separate</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> as a permanent possession. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">seed;</span><span class="ft"> also in 13:16.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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