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Look everywhere! There is enough land for all of us. We must go different ways. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left.’

10 Lot looked up and he saw the flat land of Jordan, as far as Zoar. He saw that it had lots of water, like the garden of the Lord. It was good land, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed the cities there called Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself the valley of the Jordan River. He travelled towards the east.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:11 Lot chose the land that he thought was the best.

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.”(A)

10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain(B) of the Jordan toward Zoar(C) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,(D) like the land of Egypt.(E) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom(F) and Gomorrah.)(G) 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:

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