Verse 10
Genesis 13:10
New Living Translation
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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.)
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשָּׂא ל֣וֹט אֶת עֵינָ֗י/ו וַ/יַּרְא֙ אֶת כָּל כִּכַּ֣ר הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י כֻלָּ֖/הּ מַשְׁקֶ֑ה לִ/פְנֵ֣י שַׁחֵ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה אֶת סְדֹם֙ וְ/אֶת עֲמֹרָ֔ה כְּ/גַן יְהוָה֙ כְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בֹּאֲ/כָ֖ה צֹֽעַר
English Translation
And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.
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Chapter 13 Context
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(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
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3
From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents betwe...
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4
This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.
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7
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites...
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8
Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After...
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9
The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we w...
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10
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11
Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and...
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12
So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled am...
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13
But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD.
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14
After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction — north a...
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15
I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possess...
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And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
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17
Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
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18
So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built...
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