Discovery BoxGenesis 13:11-12 
Context13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled 1 toward the east.
So the relatives separated from each other. 2 13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain 3 and pitched his tents next to Sodom.
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 “the cities of the plain”; Heb “[the cities of] the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.
