1 Mosebog 13

1 Og Abram drog op af Ægypten, han og hans Hustru og alt det, han havde, og Lot med ham, mod Sønden.

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

2 Og Abram var meget rig paa Fæ, paa Sølv og paa Guld.

And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

3 Og han drog paa sine Rejser fra Sønden og indtil Bethel, indtil det Sted, hvor hans Telt var i Begyndelsen, imellem Bethel og imellem Ai,

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

4 til det Alters Sted, som han havde gjort der i Førstningen; og Abram paakaldte der Herrens Navn.

to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 Men og Lot, som vandrede med Abram, havde Faar og Fæ og Telte.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 Og Landet kunde ikke bære dem, at de kunde bo hos hverandre; thi deres Ejendom var megen, saa de kunde ikke bo tilsammen.

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

7 Og der var Trætte imellem Abrams Fæhyrder og imellem Lots Fæhyrder; og der boede den Gang Kananiter og Feresiter i Landet.

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

8 Og Abram sagde til Lot: Kære, lad der ikke være Trætte imellem mig og imellem dig, og imellem mine Hyrder og imellem dine Hyrder; thi vi ere jo Brødre.

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

9 Er ikke det ganske Land for dig? Kære, skil dig fra mig; dersom du vil til den venstre Side, da vil jeg fare til den højre, og dersom du vil til den højre, da vil jeg fare til den venstre.

Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

10 Og Lot opløftede sine Øjne, og saa den ganske Slette ved Jordanen, thi den var vandrig overalt; førend Herren fordærvede Sodoma og Gomorra, var den som Herrens Have, som Ægyptens Land, henimod Zoar.

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11 Og Lot udvalgte sig hele Sletten ved Jordanen, og Lot drog Øster paa: den ene fra den anden.

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

12 Abram boede i Kanaans Land, og Lot boede i Stæderne paa Sletten og opslog Telte indtil Sodoma.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13 Og de Mænd i Sodoma vare onde, og de syndede saare mod Herren.

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

14 Og Herren sagde til Abram, efter at Lot var skilt fra ham: Kære, opløft dine Øjne; og se fra det Sted, hvor du er, mod Norden og mod Sønden og mod Østen og mod Vesten.

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

15 Thi alt det Land, som du ser, det vil jeg give dig og dit Afkom evindeligen.

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

16 Og jeg vil gøre dit Afkom som Støv paa Jorden; dersom nogen kan tælle Støvet paa Jorden, da skal ogsaa dit Afkom tælles.

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

17 Staa op, vandre igennem Landet, i dets Længde og i dets Bredde; thi dig vil jeg give det.

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

18 Saa opslog Abram Telt og kom og boede i Mamre Lund, som er i Hebron, og byggede der Herren et Alter.

So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.