< Genesis 13 >

1 And he went up Abram from Egypt he and wife his and all that [belonged] to him and Lot with him the Negev towards.
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.
2 And Abram [was] wealthy very in livestock in silver and in gold.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
3 And he went to journeyings his from [the] Negev and to Beth-el to the place where it had been there (tent his *Q(K)*) at the beginning between Beth-el and between Ai.
And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,
4 To [the] place of the altar which he had made there at the former [time] and he called there Abram on [the] name of Yahweh.
to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
5 And also to Lot who was traveling with Abram it be[longed] sheep and cattle and tents.
And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.
6 And not it supported them the land to dwell together for it was possession[s] their much and not they were able to dwell together.
And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.
7 And it was quarreling between [the] herdsmen of [the] livestock of Abram and between [the] herdsmen of [the] livestock of Lot and the Canaanite[s] and the Perizzite[s] then [was] dwelling in the land.
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.
8 And he said Abram to Lot may not please there be strife between me and between you and between herdsmen my and between herdsmen your for [are] men brothers we.
And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren.
9 ¿ Not [is] all the land before you separate please from with me if the left so let me go right and if the right and I will go left.
Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou [goest] to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.
10 And he lifted up Lot eyes his and he saw all [the] valley of the Jordan that all of it [was] well-watered before - destroyed Yahweh Sodom and Gomorrah like [the] garden of Yahweh like [the] land of Egypt going you Zoar.
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora.
11 And he chose for himself Lot all [the] valley of the Jordan and he set out Lot from [the] east and they separated each from with brother his.
And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan.
12 Abram he dwelt in [the] land of Canaan and Lot he dwelt in [the] cities of the valley and he moved tent to Sodom.
And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
13 And [the] people of Sodom [were] wicked and sinful to Yahweh exceedingly.
But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
14 And Yahweh he said to Abram after separated Lot from with him lift up please eyes your and look from the place where you [are] there north-ward and south-ward and east-ward and west-ward.
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
15 For all the land which you [are] seeing to you I will give it and to offspring your until perpetuity.
for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make offspring your like [the] dust of the earth which - if he will be able anyone to count [the] dust of the earth also offspring your it will numbered.
And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.
17 Arise walk about in the land to length its and to breadth its for to you I will give it.
Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
18 And he moved tent Abram and he went and he dwelt at [the] great trees of Mamre which [are] at Hebron and he built there an altar to Yahweh.
And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

< Genesis 13 >