創世記 13
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
亞伯蘭與羅得分道揚鑣
13 亞伯蘭帶著妻子、侄兒羅得和所有的一切離開埃及去南地。 2 這時候亞伯蘭已經擁有很多牲畜和金銀。 3-4 他從南地漸漸遷移到伯特利，到了他從前在伯特利和艾中間搭帳篷和築壇的地方。他又在那裡求告耶和華。 5 和亞伯蘭同行的羅得也有牛群、羊群和帳篷。 6 他們的牲畜很多，那地方容納不下，他們無法住在一起。 7 亞伯蘭的牧人和羅得的牧人彼此爭執。那時，迦南人和比利洗人也住在那裡。
8 亞伯蘭對羅得說：「我們不該彼此爭執，我們的牧人也不該互相爭執，因為我們是骨肉至親。 9 整片土地不就在你面前嗎？我們分開吧。如果你往左邊去，我就往右邊走；如果你往右邊去，我就往左邊走。」 10 羅得舉目眺望，看見整個約旦河平原，遠至瑣珥，水源充足。在耶和華還沒有毀滅所多瑪和蛾摩拉之前，那地方就好像耶和華的伊甸園，又像埃及。 11 於是，羅得選了整個約旦河平原，向東遷移，他們便分開了。 12 亞伯蘭住在迦南，羅得則住在平原的城邑裡，並漸漸把帳篷遷移到所多瑪附近。 13 所多瑪人極其邪惡，在耶和華眼中罪惡滔天。
14 羅得離開後，耶和華對亞伯蘭說：「從你站的地方向東西南北眺望， 15 你所能看見的地方，我都要賜給你和你的後代，直到永遠。 16 我要使你的後代多如地上的塵土，人若能數算地上的塵土，才能數算你的後代。 17 你起來走遍這片土地，因為我要把這片土地賜給你。」 18 亞伯蘭就把帳篷遷移到希伯崙 幔利的橡樹那裡居住，在那裡為耶和華築了一座祭壇。
Genesis 13
Tree of Life Version
13 So Abram went up from Egypt—he and his wife and everything that belonged to him, and Lot with him—to the Negev. 2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver and gold. 3 He proceeded by stages from the Negev as far as Beth-El—to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-El and Ai, 4 to the place of the altar that he had made there at first, and there Abram called on the Name of Adonai.
Lot Separates From Abram
5 Now Lot, who was going with Abram, also had sheep and cattle and tents, 6 so that the land could not support them living together, because their possessions were many, and they were not able to stay together. 7 So there was a quarrel between the shepherds of Abram’s livestock and the shepherds of Lot’s livestock. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land then.)
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, or between my shepherds and yours, since we are relatives. 9 Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If to the left, then I’ll go to the right, and if to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the whole area surrounding the Jordan was well watered in its entirety (before Adonai destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)—like Adonai’s garden, like the land of Egypt—till you come to Zoar. 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole area surrounding the Jordan. Lot journeyed to the east, and they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the valley. And he moved his tent from place to place near Sodom. 13 But the people of Sodom were evil—very great sinners against Adonai.
14 After Lot separated himself from him, Adonai had said to Abram, “lift up your eyes, now, and look from the place where you are, to the north, south, east and west. 15 For all the land that you are looking at, I will give to you and to your seed forever. 16 I will make your seed like the dust of the earth so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your seed could also be counted. 17 Get up! Walk about the land through its length and width—for I will give it to you.”
18 So Abram moved his tent from place to place, and came and dwelt by Mamre’s large trees, which are in Hebron, and there built an altar to Adonai.
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