Genesis 13:8-10
Living Bible
8 Then Abram talked it over with Lot. “This fighting between our men has got to stop,” he said. “We can’t afford to let a rift develop between our clans. Close relatives such as we are must present a united front! 9 I’ll tell you what we’ll do. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want that part over there to the east, then I’ll stay here in the western section. Or, if you want the west, then I’ll go over there to the east.”
10 Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan River, well watered everywhere (this was before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah); the whole section was like the Garden of Eden,[a] or like the beautiful countryside around Zoar in Egypt.
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- Genesis 13:10 Garden of Eden, literally, “Garden of Jehovah.”
Genesis 13:8-10
New International Version
8 So Abram said to Lot,(A) “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me,(B) or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.(C) 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.”(D)
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain(E) of the Jordan toward Zoar(F) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,(G) like the land of Egypt.(H) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom(I) and Gomorrah.)(J)
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