So Lotchosefor himself allthe valleyof the Jordan,and Lotjourneyedeastward.Thus they separatedfrom eachother.
Lotliftedup his eyesand sawallthe valleyof the Jordan,that it was wellwateredeverywhere--[this was] beforethe LORDdestroyedSodomand Gomorrah--like the gardenof the LORD,like the landof Egyptas you goto Zoar.
Abramsettledin the landof Canaan,while Lotsettledin the citiesof the valley,and movedhis tentsas faras Sodom.
The LORDsaidto Abram,afterLothad separatedfrom him, "Nowliftup your eyesand lookfrom the placewhereyou are, northwardand southwardand eastwardand westward;
"Is not the wholelandbeforeyou? Pleaseseparatefrom me; if[to] the left,then I will goto the right;or if[to] the right,then I will goto the left."
When they had broughtthem outside,one said,"Escapefor your life!Do not lookbehindyou, and do not stayanywherein the valley;escapeto the mountains,oryou will be sweptaway."
I am a companionof allthose whofearYou, And of those who keepYour precepts.
As for the saintswhoare in the earth,They are the majesticonesin whom is allmy delight.
Do not forsakeyour own friendor your father'sfriend,And do not goto your brother'shousein the dayof your calamity;Betteris a neighborwho is nearthana brotherfaraway.
"The eastside,from betweenHauran,Damascus,Gileadand the landof Israel,[shall be] the Jordan;from the [north] borderto the easternseayou shall measure.This is the eastside.
not forsakingour ownassembling together,as is the habitof some,but encouraging[one another]; and allthe moreas you seethe daydrawing near.
Honorall people,lovethe brotherhood,fearGod,honorthe king.
