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Ramban on Genesis 13:10/רמב"ן על בראשית י״ג:י׳

אכְּגַן ה' כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם יֹאמַר כִּי אֶרֶץ הַכִּכָּר כֻּלָּהּ מַשְׁקִים אוֹתָהּ בָּרֶגֶל מִן הַיַּרְדֵּן כְּדֶרֶךְ הַנַּעֲשֶׂה בְּגַן ה' שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (בראשית ב':י') "וְנָהָר יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן", וּכְדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהִיא בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהּ (דברים יא י) "וְהִשְׁקִיתָ בְרַגְלְךָ כְּגַן הַיָּרָק". וְהִזְכִּיר שְׁנֵי הַמְּקוֹמוֹת, אָמַר "כְּגַן ה'", שֶׁהַמָּקוֹם הַטּוֹב בַּתַּחְתּוֹנִים כֵּן הוּא כֻּלּוֹ מַשְׁקֶה, וְהִזְכִּיר "כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם", מָקוֹם יָדוּעַ לִרְעִיָּה. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (ספרי עקב לח), "כְּגַן ה'" לָאִילָנוֹת "כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם" לַזְּרָעִים. יִרְצוּ לְפָרֵשׁ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּכִּכָּר נְהָרוֹת גְּדוֹלִים יַשְׁקוּ אִילָנֵי הַגַּנּוֹת כְּגַן ה', וּבוֹ יְאוֹרִים כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם יַשְׁקוּ גַּן הַיָּרָק. וּבָחַר לוֹ לוֹט בָּזֶה כִּי הָאָרֶץ שֶׁיַּשְׁקוּ אוֹתָהּ כֵּן רְחוֹקָה מִן הַבַּצֹּרֶת וְטוֹבָה לְמִרְעֶה:

1AS THE GARDEN OF THE ETERNAL, LIKE THE LAND OF EGYPT. The verse states that the whole land of the Plain was adequately irrigated from the Jordan by working with the foot, just as was done with the garden of G-d, concerning which it is stated, And a river went out of Eden to water the garden,¹⁰³ and as is the way in the land of Egypt, concerning which it is stated, And thou didst water it with thy foot.¹⁰⁴ The verse mentions both places: it says that the land of the Plain was as adequately irrigated as the garden of the Eternal, which is the most perfect place on this earth, and it also mentions, like the land of Egypt, a place well known for pasture.Our Rabbis have said,¹⁰⁵, 38. The Sifre is a Tannaitic Midrash on the book of Numbers and the book of Deuteronomy. “As the garden of the Eternal for trees; Like the land of Egypt — for herbs.” Their intent was to explain that there were large rivers in the Plain, which watered the trees of the gardens, as was the case in the garden of G-d, and that there were also ponds in it, as in the land of Egypt, from which vegetable gardens were watered. Lot chose this part, for a land which is so irrigated is unlikely to suffer from a drought and is good for pasture.