Genesis 13
Magandang Balita Biblia
Nagkahiwalay sina Abram at Lot
13 Mula sa Egipto, si Abram ay naglakbay na pahilaga patungong Negeb, kasama ang kanyang asawa at ang pamangkin niyang si Lot, dala ang lahat niyang ari-arian. 2 Mayaman na noon si Abram; marami na siyang mga tupa, kambing at baka. Marami na rin siyang naipong ginto at pilak. 3 Mula sa Negeb, unti-unti siyang naglakbay pabalik sa dati niyang pinagkampuhan, sa pagitan ng Bethel at Ai. 4 Pumunta siya sa dating pinagtayuan niya ng altar, at doon sumamba kay Yahweh.
5 Si Lot, na kasa-kasama ni Abram ay marami na ring tupa, kambing at baka. Mayroon na rin siyang sariling pamilya at mga tauhan. 6-7 Dahil napakarami na ng kanilang mga hayop, hindi na sapat ang pastulan para sa mga kawan nina Abram at Lot. Kaya't madalas nag-aaway ang mga pastol nila. Nang panahon ding iyon, ang mga Cananeo at Perezeo ay naninirahan pa sa lugar na iyon.
8 Kinausap ni Abram si Lot, “Hindi tayo dapat mag-away, at ang mga tauhan natin, sapagkat magkamag-anak tayo. 9 Mabuti pa'y maghiwalay tayo. Mamili ka: Kung gusto mo sa kaliwa, sa kanan ako; kung gusto mo sa kanan, sa kaliwa ako.”
10 At(A) nang iginala ni Lot ang kanyang paningin, nakita niyang ang Kapatagan ng Jordan hanggang sa Zoar ay sagana sa tubig, tulad ng halamanan ni Yahweh at ng lupain ng Egipto. Nangyari ito noong hindi pa natutupok ang Sodoma at Gomorra. 11 Kaya pinili niya ang dakong silangan sa Kapatagan ng Jordan, at naghiwalay nga sila ni Abram. 12 Nanatili si Abram sa Canaan. Samantala, si Lot ay nanirahan naman sa mga lunsod sa kapatagan na malapit sa Sodoma. 13 Napakasama ng mga tao sa lunsod ng Sodoma; namumuhay sila nang laban kay Yahweh.
Nanirahan si Abram sa Hebron
14 Pagkaalis ni Lot, sinabi ni Yahweh kay Abram, “Tumanaw ka sa palibot mo. 15 Ang(B) buong lupaing natatanaw mo ay ibibigay ko sa iyo, at sa magiging lahi mo magpakailanman. 16 Ang iyong mga salinlahi ay gagawin kong sindami ng alikabok sa lupa na di kayang bilangin ninuman. 17 Libutin mo na ang buong lupain; ang lahat ng iyan ay ibibigay ko sa iyo.” 18 Lumipat si Abram sa Hebron, at doon tumira sa tabi ng malalaking puno sa Mamre. Nagtayo siya roon ng altar para kay Yahweh.
Genesis 13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 13
Abram and Lot Part. 1 From Egypt Abram went up to the Negeb with his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot went with him.(A) 2 [a]Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.(B) 3 From the Negeb he traveled by stages toward Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly stood, 4 the site where he had first built the altar; and there Abram invoked the Lord by name.(C)
5 Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, 6 so that the land could not support them if they stayed together; their possessions were so great that they could not live together. 7 There were quarrels between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.
8 So Abram said to Lot: “Let there be no strife between you and me, or between your herders and my herders, for we are kindred. 9 Is not the whole land available? Please separate from me. If you prefer the left, I will go to the right; if you prefer the right, I will go to the left.” 10 Lot looked about and saw how abundantly watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the Lord’s own garden, or like Egypt. This was before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. 11 Lot, therefore, chose for himself the whole Jordan Plain and set out eastward. Thus they separated from each other. 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the Plain, pitching his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.(D)
14 After Lot had parted from him, the Lord said to Abram: Look about you, and from where you are, gaze to the north and south, east and west;(E) 15 all the land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.(F) 16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants too might be counted.(G) 17 Get up and walk through the land, across its length and breadth, for I give it to you. 18 Abram moved his tents and went on to settle near the oak of Mamre, which is at Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.(H)
Footnotes
- 13:2–18 In this story of Abraham and Lot going their separate ways, Abraham resolves a family dispute by an act that shows both trust in God and generosity toward his nephew. The story suggests Lot rather than Abraham is the natural choice to be the ancestor of a great family; he is young and he takes the most fertile land (outside the land of Canaan). In contrast to Lot, who lifts his eyes to choose for himself (vv. 10–11), Abraham waits for God to tell him to lift his eyes and see the land he will receive (v. 14). Chaps. 18–19 continue the story of Abraham and Lot. Abraham’s visionary possession of the land foreshadows that of Moses (Dt 3:27; 34:4).
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