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Genesis 13
Good News Translation
Genesis 13
Good News Translation
Abram and Lot Separate
13 Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him. 2 Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold. 3 Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before 4 and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.
5 Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants. 6 And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals. 7 So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
8 Then Abram said to Lot, “We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling. 9 So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other.”
10 (A)Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord[a] or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted. 12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom, 13 whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.
Abram Moves to Hebron
14 After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, “From where you are, look carefully in all directions. 15 (B)I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever. 16 I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth! 17 Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you.” 18 So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
Footnotes
- Genesis 13:10 A reference to the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 13
King James Version
Genesis 13
King James Version
13 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
Génesis 13
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Génesis 13
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Abram y Lot se separan
13 Abram subió de Egipto con su esposa, con Lot y con todos sus bienes, en dirección a la región del Néguev. 2 Abram se había hecho muy rico en ganado, plata y oro.
3 Desde el Néguev, Abram fue de lugar en lugar hasta regresar al lugar donde había acampado al principio, entre Betel y Hai. 4 En ese lugar había erigido antes un altar; allí invocó Abram el nombre del Señor.
5 También Lot, que iba acompañando a Abram, tenía ovejas, vacas y tiendas de campaña. 6 La región donde estaban no daba abasto para mantener a los dos porque tenían muchas posesiones como para vivir juntos. 7 Por eso comenzaron los pleitos entre los pastores de los rebaños de Abram y los que cuidaban los ganados de Lot. En aquel tiempo los cananeos y los ferezeos también habitaban allí.
8 Así que Abram dijo a Lot: «No debe haber pleitos entre nosotros ni entre nuestros pastores, porque somos parientes. 9 Allí tienes toda la tierra a tu disposición. Por favor, aléjate de mí. Si te vas a la izquierda, yo me iré a la derecha y si te vas a la derecha, yo me iré a la izquierda».
10 Lot levantó la vista y observó que todo el valle del Jordán era tierra de regadío, como el jardín del Señor o como la tierra de Egipto en dirección a Zoar. Así era antes de que el Señor destruyera a Sodoma y a Gomorra. 11 Entonces Lot escogió para sí todo el valle del Jordán y partió hacia el oriente. Fue así como Abram y Lot se separaron. 12 Abram se quedó a vivir en la tierra de Canaán, mientras que Lot se fue a vivir entre las ciudades del valle, estableciendo su tienda de campaña cerca de la ciudad de Sodoma. 13 Los habitantes de Sodoma eran malvados y cometían muy graves pecados contra el Señor.
14 Después de que Lot se separó de Abram, el Señor le dijo: «Abram, levanta la vista desde el lugar donde estás. Mira hacia el norte y hacia el sur, hacia el este y hacia el oeste. 15 Yo te daré a ti y a tu descendencia, para siempre, toda la tierra que abarca tu mirada. 16 Multiplicaré tu descendencia como el polvo de la tierra. Si alguien puede contar el polvo de la tierra, también podrá contar tus descendientes. 17 ¡Levántate, recorre el país a lo largo y a lo ancho porque a ti te lo daré!».
18 Entonces Abram levantó de allí su tienda de campaña y se fue a vivir cerca de Hebrón, junto al bosque de encinas de Mamré. Allí erigió un altar al Señor.
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