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 left Egypt and went back into the Negev along with Sarai, Lot, and everyone with them, as well as all their possessions.

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

Abram was very rich, having many herds of livestock and a great deal of 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,

He left the Negev and traveled in stages to Bethel, back to the place where he'd camped before, between Bethel and Ai.

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

This was where he'd first built an altar. He worshiped the Lord there as he had done previously.

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

Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had many flocks, 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.

so much so that the available land couldn't support both of them—they had so much livestock they couldn't stay together anymore.

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

Abram's and Lot's herdsmen were arguing, and in addition the Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

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 don't let's have arguments between us, or between our herdsmen, because we're family.

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.

You see all this land that's available right in front of you? We have to split up. If you choose to go to the left, I'll go to the right. If you choose to go to the right, I'll 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.

Lot looked over the whole Jordan valley towards Zoar, and saw that it was well-watered, looking like the Garden of Eden, 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 Jordan valley and went east, and the two separated from each other.

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

Abram went to live in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled down among the towns in the valley, setting up his tents near Sodom.

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

(The people of Sodom were very wicked, committing terrible sins that offended 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 separating from Lot, the Lord told Abram, “Look around you from where you're standing, to the north, south, east, and west.

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

I'm giving all this land you see to you and your descendants 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.

You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!

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

Go and walk through the whole land in all directions because I'm giving 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 went to live at Hebron, setting up his tents among the oaks at Mamre, where he built an altar to the Lord.