Abram se fixe au pays de Canaan

13 Abram quitta donc l’Egypte avec sa femme et tout ce qu’il possédait en direction du Néguev. Loth était avec lui. Abram était très riche en troupeaux, en argent et en or. D’étape en étape, il retourna du Néguev jusqu’à Béthel, au lieu où il avait auparavant établi son campement, entre Béthel et Aï, c’est-à-dire à l’endroit où était l’autel qu’il avait précédemment érigé, et il y pria l’Eternel.

Loth, qui accompagnait Abram, avait aussi des moutons, des chèvres, des bovins et des tentes, et le pays ne suffisait pas pour qu’ils puissent demeurer ensemble, car leurs troupeaux étaient trop nombreux, ils ne pouvaient pas rester ensemble. Il y eut une dispute entre les bergers d’Abram et ceux de Loth ; or les Cananéens et les Phéréziens[a] habitaient alors le pays. Abram dit à Loth : Nous sommes de la même famille. Qu’il n’y ait donc pas de dispute entre nous, entre mes bergers et les tiens. Séparons-nous plutôt. Tout le pays est à ta disposition. Si tu vas à gauche, j’irai à droite, et si tu vas à droite, j’irai à gauche.

10 Loth regarda et vit toute la plaine du Jourdain qui s’étendait jusqu’à Tsoar : avant que l’Eternel eût détruit Sodome et Gomorrhe[b], elle était comme le jardin de l’Eternel, comme la terre d’Egypte. 11 Loth choisit donc pour lui toute la plaine du Jourdain et il se dirigea vers l’est. Ainsi, ils se séparèrent l’un de l’autre. 12 Abram se fixa dans le pays de Canaan, et Loth s’établit au milieu des villes de la plaine, dressant ses tentes jusqu’à Sodome. 13 Or, les gens de Sodome étaient mauvais, ils commettaient beaucoup de péchés contre l’Eternel.

Abram parcourt le pays promis

14 L’Eternel dit à Abram après que Loth se fut séparé de lui : Lève les yeux et regarde depuis l’endroit où tu es, vers le nord, le sud, l’est et l’ouest : 15 tout le pays que tu vois, je te le donnerai, à toi et à ta descendance pour toujours. 16 Je rendrai ta descendance aussi nombreuse que les grains de poussière de la terre ; si l’on peut compter les grains de poussière de la terre, alors on pourra aussi compter ta descendance. 17 Lève-toi, parcours le pays en long et en large car je te le donnerai.

18 Alors Abram déplaça son campement et vint se fixer près des chênes de Mamré aux environs d’Hébron[c], et il bâtit là un autel à l’Eternel.

Footnotes

  1. 13.7 Faisaient partie des populations primitives de ce qui deviendra le pays d’Israël.
  2. 13.10 Voir chap. 18 et 19.
  3. 13.18 L’une des plus anciennes villes du Moyen-Orient (Nb 13.22), à 35 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Jérusalem.

Abram and Lot Separate

13 So Abram went up from Egypt(A) to the Negev,(B) with his wife and everything he had, and Lot(C) went with him. Abram had become very wealthy(D) in livestock(E) and in silver and gold.

From the Negev(F) he went from place to place until he came to Bethel,(G) to the place between Bethel and Ai(H) where his tent had been earlier and where he had first built an altar.(I) There Abram called on the name of the Lord.(J)

Now Lot,(K) who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 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.(L) And quarreling(M) arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites(N) and Perizzites(O) were also living in the land(P) at that time.

So Abram said to Lot,(Q) “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me,(R) or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.(S) 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.”(T)

10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain(U) of the Jordan toward Zoar(V) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,(W) like the land of Egypt.(X) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom(Y) and Gomorrah.)(Z) 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,(AA) while Lot(AB) lived among the cities of the plain(AC) and pitched his tents near Sodom.(AD) 13 Now the people of Sodom(AE) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.(AF)

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.(AG) 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever.(AH) 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.(AI) 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,(AJ) for I am giving it to you.”(AK)

18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre(AL) at Hebron,(AM) where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.(AN)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16

Abram and Lot Separate

13 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, (A)into the Negeb.

(B)Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to (C)the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that (D)the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, (E)and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time (F)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

Then Abram said to Lot, (G)“Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, (H)for we are kinsmen.[a] (I)Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.” 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the (J)Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like (K)the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of (L)Zoar. (This was before the Lord (M)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom (N)were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, (O)northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give (P)to you and (Q)to your offspring forever. 16 (R)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and (S)settled by the (T)oaks[b] of Mamre, which (U)are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:8 Hebrew we are men, brothers
  2. Genesis 13:18 Or terebinths

Abram and Lot Separate

13 Then Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev(A)—he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him. Abram was very rich[a] in livestock, silver, and gold. He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been, to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of Yahweh there.(B)

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,(C) and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock.(D) At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.(E)

Then Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.[b] Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

10 Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley(F) as far as[c] Zoar(G) was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden(H) and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.(I) 11 So Lot chose the entire Jordan Valley for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other. 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities of the valley and set up his tent near Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly[d] against the Lord.(J)

14 After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,(K) 15 for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.(L) 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,(M) so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron,(N) where he built an altar to the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:2 Lit heavy
  2. Genesis 13:8 Lit brothers
  3. Genesis 13:10 Lit Valley as you go to
  4. Genesis 13:13 Lit evil and sinful