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].
Y Abram subió de Egipto con su mujer y todo lo que tenía, y Lot con él, y vinieron a Neguev.
2 Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
Y Abram tenía grandes riquezas de ganado y 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 viajando de Neguev, vino a Bet-el, al lugar donde antes estaba su tienda, entre Bet-el y Hai;
4 and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh.
al lugar donde había hecho su primer altar, y allí Abram adoró el nombre del Señor.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents.
Y Lot, que iba con él, tuvo rebaños, vacas 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.
Así que la tierra no era lo suficientemente amplia para ellos dos: su propiedad era tan grande que no había lugar para ellos juntos.
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.
Hubo una discusión entre los guardianes del ganado de Abram y los guardianes del ganado de Lot: en aquel tiempo los cananeos y los ferezeos aún vivían en la tierra.
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.
Entonces Abram dijo a Lot: No haya discusión entre tú y yo, y entre mis pastores y tus pastores, porque 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 toda la tierra delante de ti? luego sigamos nuestros caminos por separado: si vas a la izquierda, iré a la derecha; o si tomas el derecho, 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.]
Y Lot, levantando los ojos y mirando el valle del Jordán, vio que estaba bien regado en todas partes, antes que el Señor enviará destrucción sobre Sodoma y Gomorra; era como el jardín del Señor, como la tierra de Egipto, en el camino a Zoar.
11 So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan [River]. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east.
Entonces Lot tomó todo el valle del Jordán, y se fue al oriente, y se separaron unos de otros.
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 vivió en la tierra de Canaán, y Lot fue a las ciudades de las tierras bajas, y se mudó de su tienda hasta Sodoma.
13 [You need to know that] people who lived there were extremely wicked.
Y los hombres de Sodoma eran malos, y pecadores en gran manera delante del Señor.
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.
Y el Señor le dijo a Abram, después de que Lot se separó de él, desde este lugar donde miras hacia el norte y hacia el sur, hacia el este y hacia el oeste:
15 I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.
Porque toda la tierra que ves te 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 tus hijos como el polvo de la tierra, para que si el polvo de la tierra se numera, tus hijos serán contados.
17 Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.”
Ven, recorre toda la tierra de un extremo al otro porque yo 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 Abram, moviendo su tienda, vino e hizo su morada junto al árbol santo de Mamre, que está en Hebrón, e hizo allí un altar para el Señor.
