1 And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

2 Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

5 And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

6 So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

11 So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

12 Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.

14 And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

16 And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

1 亚伯兰带着妻子和所有的一切， 以及罗得， 一同从埃及上到南地去。

2 亚伯兰有很多牲畜和金银。

3 他从南地一站一站往前走， 到伯特利去； 到伯特利和艾城中间， 就是他从前支搭帐棚的地方，

4 也是他筑头一座祭坛的地方， 亚伯兰就在那里求告耶和华的名。

5 和亚伯兰同行的罗得， 也有羊群、牛群和帐棚。

6 那地容不下他们住在一起； 因为他们的财物很多， 所以他们再也不能住在一起。

7 牧养亚伯兰牲畜的和牧养罗得牲畜的， 起了纷争； 当时迦南人和比利洗人还住在那地。

8 亚伯兰就对罗得说： "你我之间， 切不可纷争； 你的牧人和我的牧人之间， 也不可纷争， 因为我们是至亲。

9 全地不都是在你面前吗？请你离开我吧！ 你若向左， 我就向右； 你若向右， 我就向左。"

10 罗得举目， 看见约旦河整个平原， 直到琐珥， 都有水灌溉； 在耶和华毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉之前， 这地好像耶和华的园子， 也像埃及地一样。

11 罗得选择了约旦河整个平原， 于是向东移动， 他们就彼此分开了。

12 亚伯兰住在迦南地； 罗得住在平原的城市中， 渐渐挪移帐棚， 直到所多玛。

13 在耶和华看来， 所多玛人是罪大恶极的。

14 罗得离开亚伯兰以后， 耶和华对亚伯兰说： "你要举目， 从你所在的地方向东南西北观看。

15 你看见的地方， 我都要赐给你和你的后裔， 直到永远。

16 我要使你的后裔好像地上灰尘那么多； 若能数算地上的灰尘， 才能数算你的后裔。

17 你起来， 纵横走遍这地， 因为我必把这地赐给你。"

18 于是， 亚伯兰渐渐挪移帐棚， 来到希伯仑幔利的橡树附近， 在那里居住， 也在那里为耶和华筑了一座祭坛。