Genesis 13:11
“Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 13Meaning
Lot chooses the Jordan region and moves east, bringing the shared settlement with Abram to an orderly end.
Read carefully
The separation resolves this practical conflict, but the verse does not teach that distance is always the best answer to disagreement.
Reflection
A peaceful separation can sometimes preserve what continuing competition would damage.