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Genesis 13:5-11

5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

7 And quarreling arose between Abram’s herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.

9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”

10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:

Cross References for Genesis 13:5-11

Genesis 4:20 - Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. Click to read the verse Genesis 4:20 Click to read the verse Genesis 4:20

Genesis 25:27 - The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was... Click to read the verse Genesis 25:27 Click to read the verse Genesis 25:27

Jeremiah 49:29 - Their tents and their flocks will be taken; their shelters will be carried off with all their g... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 49:29 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 49:29

Numbers 32:1 - The Transjordan Tribes The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw tha... Click to read the verse Numbers 32:1 Click to read the verse Numbers 32:1