¶ Abram and Lot departe out of Egypte. And Abram deuy∣deth his land, and castell with Lot his brother sonne. Agayne here is promysed vnto At ••••m the lande of Canaan.
CAPI. XIII
ANd so Abrā gat hym vp out of Egipte, [unspec A] he and his wyfe, and all that he had, and Lot with hym, towarde the south. And Abram was very ryche, in cattell, in syl∣uer, and golde. And he wente forthe on his iourney from the Southe towarde Bethell, vnto the place where his tente had ben at the begynnyng, bytwene Bethel and Hat. Euen vnto the place of the aulter whiche he had made there at the fyrst, and there Abram cal∣led on the name of the Lorde.
Lot also whiche wente with Abram had shepe, cattell, and tentes, and the lande was not able to receyue them, that they myghte dwell togyther, for the substaunce of theyr [unspec B] ryches was great, and they coulde not dwell togyther. And there fell a stryfe bytwene the heerdmen of Abrams cattel, & the heerdmen of Lots cattell. Moreouer the Cananites and the Pheresytes dwelled at that tyme in the lande. Then sayde Abram vnto Lot. Let there be no stryfe (I praye the) bytwene the and me, and bytwene my heerdmen and thyne, for we be brethren. Is not al the hole lande before the. Departe I pray the fro me. If thou wylte take the lefte hande, I wyll go to the ryght. And yf thou departe to the right hande, I wyll go to the lefte. And so Lot lyf∣tynge vp his eyes, behelde all the countrey of Iordane, whiche was a plenteous countrey of water euery where, before the Lorde de∣stroyed Sodome and gomorra, euen as the garden of the lorde, lyke the lande of Egypte as thou comest vnto Zoar. [unspec C]
Then Lot chose all the playne countrey of Iordane, & toke his iourney from the east.
And so departed the one brother from the other. Abrā dwelled in the lande of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cyties of the playne, & tented vntyll Sodome. But the men of