Genesis 13
1 So Abram and Sarai left Egypt, and they took along all his possessions, and Lot went with them to the Negev [Desert].
So for Abram frå Egyptarland upp til Sudlandet med kona si og alt det han åtte, og Lot var med honom.
2 Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
Og Abram var ovleg rik, både på bufe og på sylv og på gull.
3 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,
Sidan for han frå Sudlandet, dagsleid etter dagsleid, til dess han kom til Betel, til den staden som han fyrr hadde havt tjeldbudi si, millom Betel og Aj,
4 and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh.
der det altaret stod som han hadde bygt fyrste gongen han var der. Og der kalla Abram på Herren.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents.
Men Lot, som fylgdest med Abram, hadde og sauer og naut og tjeldbuder.
6 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.
Og landet kunde ikkje føda deim, når dei budde i hop; dei hadde so mykje fe at dei kunde ikkje bu saman.
7 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.
So vart det trætta millom deim som gjætte for Abram og deim som gjætte for Lot. Og kananitarne og perizitarne budde då der i landet.
8 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.
Då sagde Abram med Lot: «Kjære deg, lat det ikkje vera trætta millom meg og deg, og millom mine hyrdingar og dine. Me er då brør!
9 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.”
Hev du ikkje heile landet fyre deg? Skil då heller lag med meg! Tek du til vinstre, so skal eg taka til høgre, og tek du til høgre, so skal eg taka til vinstre.»
10 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.]
Då skoda Lot ikring seg, og såg at heile Jordan-kverven, alt burtåt Soar, var rik på vatn yver alt, som Herrens hage, som Egyptarlandet - fyrr Herren lagde Sodoma og Gomorra i øyde.
11 So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan [River]. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east.
Og Lot valde seg ut heile Jordan-kverven. So tok Lot austigjenom, og dei skildest frå einannan:
12 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].
Abram vart buande i Kana’ans-land, og Lot budde i byarne i Jordan-kverven, og lægra alt burtåt Sodoma.
13 [You need to know that] people who lived there were extremely wicked.
Men mennerne i Sodoma var vonde, og synda groveleg mot Herren.
14 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.
Og Herren sagde til Abram, etter Lot hadde skilt lag med honom: «Lat upp augo dine og sjå ikring deg frå den staden du stend, nordetter og sudetter og austetter og vestetter!
15 I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.
For alt det landet du ser, vil eg gjeva deg og di ætt til æveleg tid.
16 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].
Og eg vil lata ætti di verta som dusti på jordi: kann nokon telja dusti på jordi, so kann dei og telja di ætt.
17 Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.”
Upp, og far landet igjenom, so langt og so breidt som det er! For deg vil eg gjeva det.»
18 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.
So flutte Abram tjeldbuderne, og kom til eikelunden åt Mamre i Hebron. Der vart han buande, og bygde Herren eit altar.
