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].
De Egipto subió Abram al Négueb, él su mujer y toda su hacienda, y Lot con él.
2 Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
Era Abram muy rico en rebaños, en plata y oro.
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,
Y se volvió, caminando por etapas, desde el Négueb hasta Betel, donde había acampado al principio, entre Betel y Hai,
4 and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh.
hasta el lugar del altar que alzara allí anteriormente; e invocó allí Abram el nombre de Yahvé.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents.
También Lot, que iba con Abram, poseía rebaños, vacadas y tiendas.
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.
Mas el país no les permitía vivir juntos, porque era mucha su hacienda, de modo que no podían habitar juntamente.
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.
De ahí nacieron contiendas entre los pastores de las greyes de Abram y los pastores de las greyes de Lot. Además, los cananeos y los fereceos habitaban en aquel tiempo en esa región.
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.
Dijo, pues Abram a Lot: “No haya, te ruego, contienda entre mí y ti, ni entre mis pastores y tus pastores; pues somos hermanos.
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.”
¿No está todo el país delante de ti? Sepárate, por favor, de mí. Si tú vas a la izquierda, yo iré a la derecha; y si tú vas a la derecha, yo iré a la izquierda.”.
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.]
Alzando entonces Lot sus ojos vio toda la vega del Jordán, toda ella de regadío, hasta los límites de Segor. Antes que destruyese Yahvé a Sodoma y Gomorra era esta región como el jardín de Yahvé, como la tierra de Egipto.
11 So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan [River]. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east.
Eligió, pues, Lot para sí toda la vega del Jordán, y se trasladó al oriente; y así se separaron el uno del otro.
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 se estableció en la tierra de Canaán, y Lot habitó en las ciudades de la Vega, donde plantó sus tiendas hasta Sodoma.
13 [You need to know that] people who lived there were extremely wicked.
Mas los habitantes de Sodoma eran malos y grandes pecadores ante Yahvé.
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.
Dijo Yahvé a Abram, después que Lot se hubo separado de él: “Alza tus ojos y mira desde el lugar donde estás, hacia el norte y hacia el mediodía, hacia el oriente y hacia el occidente;
15 I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.
pues toda la tierra que ves, te la daré a ti y a tu descendencia para siempre.
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].
Y haré tu descendencia (tan numerosa) como el polvo de la tierra. Si fuera posible contar el polvo de la tierra, podría contarse también tu descendencia.
17 Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.”
Levántate, recorre el país, a su largo y a su ancho; porque a ti te lo daré.”
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.
Y levantó Abram las tiendas y vino a establecerse en el encinar de Mamré, cerca de Hebrón, donde edificó un altar a Yahvé.
