1 Mosebok 13
1 So for Abram frå Egyptarland upp til Sudlandet med kona si og alt det han åtte, og Lot var med honom.
Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.
2 Og Abram var ovleg rik, både på bufe og på sylv og på gull.
But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.
3 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,
And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.
4 der det altaret stod som han hadde bygt fyrste gongen han var der. Og der kalla Abram på Herren.
There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.
5 Men Lot, som fylgdest med Abram, hadde og sauer og naut og tjeldbuder.
But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.
6 Og landet kunde ikkje føda deim, når dei budde i hop; dei hadde so mykje fe at dei kunde ikkje bu saman.
Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.
7 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.
And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.
8 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!
Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.
9 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.»
Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”
10 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.
And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
11 Og Lot valde seg ut heile Jordan-kverven. So tok Lot austigjenom, og dei skildest frå einannan:
And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
12 Abram vart buande i Kana’ans-land, og Lot budde i byarne i Jordan-kverven, og lægra alt burtåt Sodoma.
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.
13 Men mennerne i Sodoma var vonde, og synda groveleg mot Herren.
But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
14 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!
And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.
15 For alt det landet du ser, vil eg gjeva deg og di ætt til æveleg tid.
All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
16 Og eg vil lata ætti di verta som dusti på jordi: kann nokon telja dusti på jordi, so kann dei og telja di ætt.
And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.
17 Upp, og far landet igjenom, so langt og so breidt som det er! For deg vil eg gjeva det.»
Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”
18 So flutte Abram tjeldbuderne, og kom til eikelunden åt Mamre i Hebron. Der vart han buande, og bygde Herren eit altar.
Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.
