Abram en sy neef Lot het albei baie diere gehad om te voed. Toe hulle dienaars begin stry het oor wie die beste grond moes kry, het Abram ingetree en lot sy keuse van die land gegee. Abram het gevat wat oorgebly het.
8 Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”