Genesis 13

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

og Abram drog atter med sin Hustru og al sin Ejendom fra Ægypten op til Sydlandet, og Lot drog med ham.

2 And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

Abram var meget rig paa Kvæghjorde, Sølv og Guld;

3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai:

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,

4 In the place of the altar which he had made before; and there he called upon the name of the Lord.

til det Sted, hvor han forrige Gang havde rejst et Alter; og Abram paakaldte der HERRENS Navn.

5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.

Og Lot, der drog med Abram, ejede ligeledes Smaakvæg, Hornkvæg og Telte.

6 Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.

Men Landet formaaede ikke at rumme dem, saa de kunde bo sammen; thi deres Hjorde var for store til, at de kunde bo sammen.

7 Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.

Da opstod der Strid mellem Abrams og Lots Hyrder; det var dengang Kana'anæerne og Perizziterne boede i Landet.

8 Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.

Abram sagde derfor til Lot: »Der maa ikke være Strid mellem os to eller mellem mine og dine Hyrder, vi er jo Frænder!

9 Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

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!«

10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor.

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,

11 And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.

valgte han sig hele Jordanegnen. Saa brød Lot op og drog østerpaa, og de skiltes,

12 Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.

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. —

13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.

Men Mændene i Sodoma var ugudelige og store Syndere mod HERREN.

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place wherein thou now art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west.

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;

15 All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.

thi hele det Land, du ser, vil jeg give dig og dit Afkom til evig Tid,

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

og jeg vil gøre dit Afkom som Jordens Støv, saa at det lige saa lidt skal kunne tælles, som nogen kan tælle Jordens Støv.

17 Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.

Drag nu gennem Landet paa Kryds og tværs, thi dig giver jeg det!«

18 So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

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.