1 Mosebog 13
1 og Abram drog atter med sin Hustru og al sin Ejendom fra Ægypten op til Sydlandet, og Lot drog med ham.
So Abram and Sarai left Egypt, and they took along all his possessions, and Lot went with them to the Negev [Desert].
2 Abram var meget rig paa Kvæghjorde, Sølv og Guld;
Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
3 og han vandrede fra Lejrplads til Lejrplads og naaede fra Sydlandet til Betel, til det Sted, hvor hans Teltlejr havde staaet første Gang, mellem Betel og Aj,
They continued traveling from place to place from the Negev [Desert] toward Bethel [town] to the place between Bethel and Ai where they had previously set up their tents,
4 til det Sted, hvor han forrige Gang havde rejst et Alter; og Abram paakaldte der HERRENS Navn.
and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh.
5 Og Lot, der drog med Abram, ejede ligeledes Smaakvæg, Hornkvæg og Telte.
Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents.
6 Men Landet formaaede ikke at rumme dem, saa de kunde bo sammen; thi deres Hjorde var for store til, at de kunde bo sammen.
But they had so many animals that they could not all stay in the same area. There was not enough land to provide water and food for all their animals.
7 Da opstod der Strid mellem Abrams og Lots Hyrder; det var dengang Kana'anæerne og Perizziterne boede i Landet.
Furthermore, the descendants of Canaan and Perizzi were also living in that area, and the land really belonged to them. And the men who took care of Abram’s animals started quarreling with the men who took care of Lot’s animals.
8 Abram sagde derfor til Lot: »Der maa ikke være Strid mellem os to eller mellem mine og dine Hyrder, vi er jo Frænder!
So Abram said to Lot, “Since we are close relatives, it is not good for us two to quarrel, or for the men who take care of your animals to quarrel with the men who take care of my animals.
9 Ligger ikke hele Landet dig aabent? Skil dig hellere fra mig; vil du til venstre, saa gaar jeg til højre, og vil du til højre, saa gaar jeg til venstre!«
There is plenty of land for both of us. So we should separate. You can choose whatever part you want [RHQ]. If you want the area over there, I will stay here. If you want the area here, I will go over there.”
10 Da saa Lot sig omkring, og da han saa, at hele Jordanegnen (det var før HERREN ødelagde Sodoma og Gomorra) var vandrig som HERRENS Have, som Ægyptens Land, hen ad Zoar til,
Lot looked around toward Zoar [town], and saw that there was plenty of water all over the plain near the Jordan [River]. It was like the park/garden in Eden, and like the land in Egypt. [That was before Yahweh destroyed [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah which were on that plain.]
11 valgte han sig hele Jordanegnen. Saa brød Lot op og drog østerpaa, og de skiltes,
So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan [River]. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east.
12 idet Abram slog sig ned i Kana'ans Land, medens Lot slog sig ned i Jordanegnens Byer og drog med sine Telte fra Sted til Sted helt hen til Sodoma. —
Abram stayed in the Canaan area, and Lot started to live near the cities in the plain of the Jordan [River], and he set up his tents near Sodom [city].
13 Men Mændene i Sodoma var ugudelige og store Syndere mod HERREN.
[You need to know that] people who lived there were extremely wicked.
14 Efter at Lot havde skilt sig fra Abram, sagde HERREN til denne: »Løft dit Blik og se dig om der, hvor du staar, mod Nord, mod Syd, mod Øst og mod Vest;
After Abram and Lot separated, Yahweh said to Abram, “Look around at this whole area where you are. Look north and south, look east and west.
15 thi hele det Land, du ser, vil jeg give dig og dit Afkom til evig Tid,
I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.
16 og jeg vil gøre dit Afkom som Jordens Støv, saa at det lige saa lidt skal kunne tælles, som nogen kan tælle Jordens Støv.
I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as particles of dust! [It will be easier] to count the particles of dust than it will be to count your descendants [HYP].
17 Drag nu gennem Landet paa Kryds og tværs, thi dig giver jeg det!«
Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.”
18 Saa drog Abram fra Sted til Sted med sine Telte og kom til Mamres Lund i Hebron, hvor han slog sig ned og byggede HERREN et Alter.
So Abram [and his men] took down their tents and moved to Hebron and started to live by the huge trees [at the town] Mamre. He placed a stone altar there to [make sacrifices to] Yahweh.
