< Genesis 13 >

1 And Abram returned from Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;
2 And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai —
4 To the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.
5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [are] brethren.
And Abram saith unto Lot, 'Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men — brethren.
9 [Is] not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou wilt depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.'
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest to Zoar.
And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt, ) in thy coming toward Zoar,
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted — a man from his companion;
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched [his] tent towards Sodom.
Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;
13 But the men of Sodom [were] wicked, and sinners before the LORD, exceedingly.
and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.
14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee.
rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'
18 Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.
And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

< Genesis 13 >