Genèse 13
1 Abraham remonta d’Egypte lui, sa femme et toute sa suite, et Loth avec lui, s’acheminant vers le midi.
So Abram and Sarai left Egypt, and they took along all his possessions, and Lot went with them to the Negev [Desert].
2 Or, Abraham était puissamment riche en bétail, en argent et en or.
Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
3 Il repassa par ses pérégrinations, depuis le midi, jusqu’à Béthel, jusqu’à l’endroit où avait été sa tente la première fois, entre Béthel et Aï,
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,
4 à l’endroit où se trouvait l’autel qu’il y avait précédemment érigé. Abram y proclama le nom de l’Éternel.
and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh.
5 Loth aussi, qui accompagnait Abram, avait du menu bétail, du gros bétail et ses tentes.
Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents.
6 Le terrain ne put se prêter à ce qu’ils demeurassent ensemble; car leurs possessions étaient considérables, et ils ne pouvaient habiter ensemble.
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.
7 Il s’éleva des différends entre les pasteurs des troupeaux d’Abram et les pasteurs des troupeaux de Loth; le Cananéen et le Phérezéen occupaient alors le pays.
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.
8 Abram dit à Loth: "Qu’il n’y ait donc point de querelles entre moi et toi, entre mes pasteurs et les tiens; car nous sommes frères.
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.
9 Toute la contrée n’est elle pas devant toi? De grâce, sépare-toi de moi: si tu vas à gauche, j’irai à droite; si tu vas à droite, je prendrai la gauche."
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.”
10 Loth leva les yeux et considéra toute la plaine du Jourdain, tout entière arrosée, avant que l’Éternel eût détruit Sodome et Gommorhe; semblable à un jardin céleste, à la contrée d’Egypte, et s’étendant jusqu’à Çoar.
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.]
11 Loth choisit toute la plaine du Jourdain, et se dirigea du côté oriental; et ils se séparèrent l’un de l’autre.
So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan [River]. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east.
12 Abram demeura dans le pays de Canaan; Loth s’établit dans les villes de la plaine et dressa ses tentes jusqu’à Sodome.
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].
13 Or, les habitants de Sodome étaient pervers et pécheurs devant l’Éternel, à un haut degré.
[You need to know that] people who lived there were extremely wicked.
14 L’Éternel dit à Abram, après que Loth se fut séparé de lui: "Lève les yeux et du point où tu es placé, promène tes regards au nord, au midi, à l’orient et à l’occident:
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.
15 Eh bien! tout le pays que tu aperçois, je le donne à toi et à ta perpétuité.
I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.
16 Je rendrai ta race semblable à la poussière de la terre; tellement que, si l’on peut nombrer la poussière de la terre, ta race aussi pourra être nombrée.
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].
17 Lève-toi! parcours cette contrée en long et en large! car c’est à toi que je la destine."
Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.”
18 Abram alla dresser sa tente et établir sa demeure dans les plaines de Mamré, qui sont en Hébron; et il y éleva un autel au Seigneur.
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.
