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Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.
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Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
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And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
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to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
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Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
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Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.
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And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
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So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
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Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left."