^{5 Ref} And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

^{6 Ref} So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

^{7 Ref} And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

^{8 Ref} Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

^{9 Ref} Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

^{10 Ref} And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

^{11 Ref} So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.