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 left Egypt and went back into the Negev along with Sarai, Lot, and everyone with them, as well as all their possessions.
2 Abram var meget rig på kvæghjorde, Sølv og Guld;
Abram was very rich, having many herds of livestock and a great deal of silver and gold.
3 og han vandrede fra Lejrplads til Lejrplads og nåede fra Sydlandet til Betel, til det Sted, hvor hans Teltlejr havde stået første Gang, mellem Betel og Aj,
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 Sted, hvor han forrige Gang havde rejst et Alter; og Abram påkaldte der HERRENs Navn.
This was where he'd first built an altar. He worshiped the Lord there as he had done previously.
5 Og Lot, der drog med Abram, ejede ligeledes Småkvæg, Hornkvæg og Telte.
Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had many flocks, herds, and tents,
6 Men Landet formåede ikke at rumme dem, så de kunde bo sammen; thi deres Hjorde var for store til, at de kunde bo sammen.
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 Da opstod der Strid mellem Abrams og Lots Hyrder; det var dengang Kana'anæerne og Perizziterne boede 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 Abram sagde derfor til Lot: "Der må ikke være Strid mellem os to eller mellem mine og dine Hyrder, vi er jo Frænder!
So Abram said to Lot, “Please don't let's have arguments between us, or between our herdsmen, because we're family.
9 Ligger ikke hele Landet dig åbent? Skil dig hellere fra mig; vil du til venstre, så går jeg til højre, og vil du til højre, så går jeg til 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 Da så Lot sig omkring, og da han så, 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 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 valgte han sig hele Jordanegnen. Så brød Lot op og drog østerpå, og de skiltes,
So Lot chose the whole Jordan valley and went east, and the two separated from each other.
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 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 Men Mændene i Sodoma var ugudelige og store Syndere mod HERREN.
(The people of Sodom were very wicked, committing terrible sins that offended the Lord.)
14 Efter at Lot havde skilt sig fra Abram, sagde HERREN til denne: "Løft dit Blik og se dig om der, hvor du står, mod Nord, mod Syd, mod Øst og mod Vest;
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 hele det Land, du ser, vil jeg give dig og dit Afkom til evig Tid,
I'm giving all this land you see to you and your descendants forever.
16 og jeg vil gøre dit Afkom som Jordens Støv, så at det lige så lidt skal kunne tælles, som nogen kan tælle Jordens Støv.
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 Drag nu gennem Landet på Kryds og tværs, thi dig giver jeg det!"
Go and walk through the whole land in all directions because I'm giving it to you.”
18 Så 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 went to live at Hebron, setting up his tents among the oaks at Mamre, where he built an altar to the Lord.
