Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left.” 10 Lot raised his eyes and saw all the [a]vicinity of the (A)Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord (B)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like (C)the garden of the Lord, (D)like the land of Egypt [b]going toward (E)Zoar. 11 So Lot chose for himself all the [c]vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:10 Lit circle
  2. Genesis 13:10 Lit as you go
  3. Genesis 13:11 Lit circle

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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