2Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
7There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram`s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot`s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
8Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
