創世記 13
1 亞巴郎帶了妻子和他所有的一切，與羅特一同由埃及上來，往乃革布去。
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.
2 亞巴郎有許多牲畜和金銀。
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 他由乃革布逐漸往貝特耳移動帳幕，到了先前他在貝特耳與哈依之間，支搭帳幕的地方，
And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;
4 亦即他先前築了祭壇，呼求上主之名的地方。
to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
5 與亞巴郎同行的羅特，也有羊群、牛群和帳幕，
And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 那地方容不下他們住在一起，因為他們的產業太多，無法住在一起。
And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.
7 牧放亞巴郎牲畜的人與牧放羅特牲畜的人，時常發生口角－－當時客納罕人和培黎齊人尚住在那裏。
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.
8 亞巴郎遂對羅特說：「在我與你，我的牧人與你的牧人之間，請不要發生口角，因為我們是至親。
And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
9 所有的地方不是都在你面前嗎﹖請你與我分開。你若往左，我就往右；你若往右，我就往左。」
Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if to the left, then I will take the right; and if to the right, then I will take the left.
10 羅特舉目看見約但河整個平原，直到左哈爾一帶全有水灌溉，－－這是在上主消滅索多瑪和哈摩辣以前的事，－－有如上主的樂園，有如埃及地。
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.
11 羅特選了約但河的整個平原，遂興東方遷移；這樣，他們就彼此分開了：
And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:
12 亞巴郎住在客納罕地；羅特住在平原的城市中，漸漸移動帳幕，直到索多瑪。
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.
13 索多瑪人在上主面前罪大惡極。
And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.
14 羅特與亞巴郎分離以後，上主對亞巴郎說：「請你舉起眼來，由你所在的地方，向東西南北觀看；
And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15 凡你看見的地方，我都要永遠賜給你和你的後裔。
for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
16 我要使你的後裔有如地上的灰塵；如果人能數清地上的灰塵，也能數清你的後裔。
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.
17 你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我要將這地賜給你。」
Arise, walk through the land according to the length of it and according to the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee.
18 於是亞巴郎移動了帳幕，來到赫貝龍的瑪默勒橡樹區居住，在那裏給上主築了一座祭壇。
Then Abram moved [his] tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.
