Genesis 13:11

13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled ¹  toward the east.

So the relatives separated from each other. ² 

Genesis 19:25

19:25 So he overthrew those cities and all that region, ³  including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew ⁴  from the ground.

Genesis 20:1

Abraham and Abimelech

20:1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev ⁵  region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident ⁶  in Gerar,

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¹ tn Heb “Lot traveled.” The proper name has not been repeated in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “a man from upon his brother.”

sn Separated from each other. For a discussion of the significance of this event, see L. R. Helyer, “The Separation of Abram and Lot: Its Significance in the Patriarchal Narratives,” JSOT 26 (1983): 77-88.

³ tn Or “and all the plain”; Heb “and all the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

⁴ tn Heb “and the vegetation of the ground.”

⁵ tn Or “the South [country]”; Heb “the land of the Negev.”

sn Negev is the name for the southern desert region in the land of Canaan.

⁶ tn Heb “and he sojourned.”