Genesi 13

1Abramo dunque risalì dall’Egitto con sua moglie, con tutto quel che possedeva e con Lot, andando verso il mezzogiorno di Canaan. 2Abramo era molto ricco di bestiame, d’argento e d’oro. 3E continuò il suo viaggio dal mezzogiorno fino a Bethel, al luogo ove da principio era stata la sua tenda, fra Bethel ed Ai, 4al luogo dov’era l’altare ch’egli avea fatto da prima; e quivi Abramo invocò il nome dell’Eterno. 5Or Lot, che viaggiava con Abramo, aveva anch’egli pecore, buoi e tende. 6E il paese non era sufficiente perch’essi potessero abitarvi assieme; poiché le loro facoltà erano grandi ed essi non potevano stare assieme. 7E nacque una contesa fra i pastori del bestiame d’Abramo e i pastori del bestiame di Lot. I Cananei e i Ferezei abitavano a quel tempo nel paese. 8E Abramo disse a Lot: "Deh, non ci sia contesa fra me e te, né fra i miei pastori e i tuoi pastori, poiché siam fratelli! 9Tutto il paese non sta esso davanti a te? Deh, separati da me! Se tu vai a sinistra, io andrò a destra; e se tu vai a destra, io andrò a sinistra". 10E Lot alzò gli occhi e vide l’intera pianura del Giordano. Prima che l’Eterno avesse distrutto Sodoma e Gomorra, essa era tutta quanta irrigata fino a Tsoar, come il giardino dell’Eterno, come il paese d’Egitto. 11E Lot si scelse tutta la pianura del Giordano, e partì andando verso oriente. Così si separarono l’uno dall’altro. 12Abramo dimorò nel paese di Canaan, e Lot abitò nelle città della pianura e andò piantando le sue tende fino a Sodoma. 13Ora la gente di Sodoma era scellerata e oltremodo peccatrice contro l’Eterno. 14E l’Eterno disse ad Abramo, dopo che Lot si fu separato da lui: "Alza ora gli occhi tuoi e mira, dal luogo dove sei, a settentrione, a mezzogiorno, a oriente, a occidente. 15Tutto il paese che vedi, lo darò a te e alla tua progenie, in perpetuo. 16E farò si che la tua progenie sarà come la polvere della terra; in guisa che, se alcuno può contare la polvere della terra, anche la tua progenie si potrà contare. 17Lèvati, percorri il paese quant’è lungo e quant’è largo, poiché io te lo darò". 18Allora Abramo levò le sue tende, e venne ad abitare alle querce di Mamre, che sono a Hebron; e quivi edificò un altare all’Eterno.

1Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 2Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name. 5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together. 7There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time. 8Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives. 9Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.” 10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. 11So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh. 14Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. 16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered. 17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.” 18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

1Alzo toog Abram op uit Egypte naar het zuiden, hij en zijn huisvrouw, en al wat hij had, en Lot met hem. 2En Abram was zeer rijk, in vee, in zilver, en in goud. 3En hij ging, volgens zijn reizen, van het zuiden tot Beth-El toe, tot aan de plaats, waar zijn tent in het begin geweest was, tussen Beth-El, en tussen Ai; 4Tot de plaats des altaars, dat hij in het eerst daar gemaakt had; en Abram heeft aldaar den Naam des HEEREN aangeroepen. 5En Lot, die met Abram toog, had ook schapen, en runderen, en tenten. 6En dat land droeg hen niet, om samen te wonen; want hun have was vele, zodat zij samen niet konden wonen. 7En er was twist tussen de herders van Abrams vee, en tussen de herders van Lots vee. Ook woonden toen de Kanaanieten en Ferezieten in dat land. 8En Abram zeide tot Lot: Laat toch geen twisting zijn tussen mij en tussen u, en tussen mijn herders en tussen uw herders; want wij zijn mannen broeders. 9Is niet het ganse land voor uw aangezicht? Scheid u toch van mij; zo gij de linkerhand kiest, zo zal ik ter rechterhand gaan; en zo gij de rechterhand, zo zal ik ter linkerhand gaan. 10En Lot hief zijn ogen op, en hij zag de ganse vlakte der Jordaan, dat zij die geheel bevochtigde; eer de HEERE Sodom en Gomorra verdorven had, was zij als de hof des HEEREN, als Egypteland, als gij komt te Zoar. 11Zo koos Lot voor zich de ganse vlakte der Jordaan, en Lot trok tegen het oosten; en zij werden gescheiden, de een van den ander. 12Abram dan woonde in het land Kanaan; en Lot woonde in de steden der vlakte, en sloeg tenten tot aan Sodom toe. 13En de mannen van Sodom waren boos, en grote zondaars tegen den HEERE. 14En de HEERE zeide tot Abram, nadat Lot van hem gescheiden was: Hef uw ogen op, en zie van de plaats, waar gij zijt noordwaarts en zuidwaarts, en oostwaarts en westwaarts. 15Want al dit land, dat gij ziet, zal Ik u geven, en aan uw zaad, tot in eeuwigheid. 16En Ik zal uw zaad stellen als het stof der aarde, zodat, indien iemand het stof der aarde zal kunnen tellen, zal ook uw zaad geteld worden. 17Maak u op, wandel door dit land, in zijn lengte en in zijn breedte, want Ik zal het u geven. 18En Abram sloeg tenten op, en kwam en woonde aan de eikenbossen van Mamre, die bij Hebron zijn; en hij bouwde aldaar den HEERE een altaar.