1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.7 And quarreling arose between Abram's herders and Lot's. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.9 Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.13 Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.14 The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring "forever.16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the LORD.

1 فصعد ابرام من مصر هو وامرأته وكل ما كان له ولوط معه الى الجنوب.2 وكان ابرام غنيا جدا في المواشي والفضة والذهب.3 وسار في رحلاته من الجنوب الى بيت ايل. الى المكان الذي كانت خيمته فيه في البداءة بين بيت ايل وعاي.4 الى مكان المذبح الذي عمله هناك اولا. ودعا هناك ابرام باسم الرب5 ولوط السائر مع ابرام كان له ايضا غنم وبقر وخيام.6 ولم تحتملهما الارض ان يسكنا معا. اذ كانت املاكهما كثيرة. فلم يقدرا ان يسكنا معا.7 فحدثت مخاصمة بين رعاة مواشي ابرام ورعاة مواشي لوط. وكان الكنعانيون والفرزّيون حينئذ ساكنين في الارض.8 فقال ابرام للوط لا تكن مخاصمة بيني وبينك وبين رعاتي ورعاتك. لاننا نحن اخوان.9 أليست كل الارض امامك. اعتزل عني. ان ذهبت شمالا فانا يمينا وان يمينا فانا شمالا10 فرفع لوط عينيه ورأى كل دائرة الاردن ان جميعها سقي قبلما اخرب الرب سدوم وعمورة كجنة الرب كارض مصر. حينما تجيء الى صوغر.11 فاختار لوط لنفسه كل دائرة الاردن وارتحل لوط شرقا. فاعتزل الواحد عن الآخر.12 ابرام سكن في ارض كنعان ولوط سكن في مدن الدائرة ونقل خيامه الى سدوم.13 وكان اهل سدوم اشرارا وخطاة لدى الرب جدا14 وقال الرب لابرام بعد اعتزال لوط عنه. ارفع عينيك وانظر من الموضع الذي انت فيه شمالا وجنوبا وشرقا وغربا.15 لان جميع الارض التي انت ترى لك اعطيها ولنسلك الى الابد.16 واجعل نسلك كتراب الارض. حتى اذا استطاع احد ان يعد تراب الارض فنسلك ايضا يعدّ.17 قم امش في الارض طولها وعرضها. لاني لك اعطيها.18 فنقل ابرام خيامه واتى واقام عند بلوطات ممرا التي في حبرون. بنى هناك مذبحا للرب