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.

Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.

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

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in 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 went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

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

to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the LORD’s name.

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

Lot also, who went with Abram, had 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.

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.

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

There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived 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.

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.

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.

Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then 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.

Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

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

So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.

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, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

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

Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners 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.

The LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

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

for I will give all the land which you see to you and to 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 as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

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

Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; 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.

Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.