10 This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
11 So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself, and as he started out toward the east, he and Abram separated.
12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan. But Lot settled near the cities of the valley and put up his tents not far from Sodom,
13 where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord.
14 After Abram and Lot had gone their separate ways, the Lord said to Abram:Look around to the north, south, east, and west.
15 I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs forever!
16 I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count those specks of dust than to count your descendants.