1 Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South. 2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 He went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name. 5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents. 6 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together. 7 There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time. 8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives. 9 Isn’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."

10 Lot 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. 11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one other. 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

14 Yahweh 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, 15 for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you."

18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

1 So het Abram dan uit Egipte na die Suidland opgetrek, hy met sy vrou en sy hele besitting, en Lot saam met hom.

2 En Abram was baie ryk aan vee, aan silwer en goud.

3 En hy het van plek tot plek uit die Suidland getrek tot by Bet-el, na die plek waar sy tent in die begin gestaan het, tussen Bet-el en Ai,

4 na die plek van die altaar wat hy vroeër daar gebou het. En Abram het daar die Naam van die HERE aangeroep.

5 En Lot, wat saam met Abram getrek het, het ook kleinvee en beeste en tente gehad.

6 En die land kon hulle nie dra om saam te woon nie, want hulle besittings was groot, sodat hulle nie saam kon woon nie.

7 En daar het twis ontstaan tussen die veewagters van Abram en die veewagters van Lot. Ook het die Kana„niete en Feresiete destyds in die land gewoon.

8 Toe sê Abram vir Lot: Laat daar tog geen twis wees tussen my en jou, en tussen my wagters en jou wagters nie; ons is mos broers.

9 Lê die hele land nie voor jou oop nie? Skei jou tog van my af; gaan jy links, dan sal ek regs gaan, en gaan jy regs, dan sal ek links gaan.

10 Toe slaan Lot sy oë op en sien dat die hele Jordaanstreek oral volop water het; voordat die HERE Sodom en Gomorra verwoes het, was dit in die rigting van Soar soos die tuin van die HERE, soos Egipteland.

11 En Lot het vir hom die hele Jordaanstreek gekies, en Lot het na die ooste weggetrek. So het hulle dan die een van die ander geskei.

12 Abram het bly woon in die land Kana„n, en Lot het gaan woon in die stede van die Jordaanstreek en sy tente tot by Sodom opgeslaan.

13 En die manne van Sodom was sleg en groot sondaars voor die HERE.

14 En die HERE sê vir Abram nadat Lot van hom geskei het: Slaan tog jou oë op en kyk van die plek waar jy staan, na die noorde en suide, na die ooste en weste;

15 want die hele land wat jy sien, sal Ek aan jou gee en aan jou nageslag tot in ewigheid.

16 En Ek sal jou nageslag maak soos die stof van die aarde, sodat as iemand die stof van die aarde kan tel, jou nageslag ook getel kan word.

17 Maak jou klaar, trek die land deur in sy lengte en sy breedte, want Ek sal dit aan jou gee.

18 Toe het Abram al verder tente opgeslaan en gaan woon by die terpentynbome van Mamre wat by Hebron is; en hy het daar vir die HERE 'n altaar gebou.