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Nagbulag si Abram ug si Lot

13 Gikan sa Ehipto, miadto si Abram sa Negev uban sa iyang asawa dala ang tanan niyang kabtangan, ug uban gihapon si Lot. Adunahan na kaayo si Abram; daghan siyag mga hayop, pilak, ug bulawan. 3-4 Gikan sa Negev, nagabalhin-balhin sila hangtod nga nakabalik sila sa dapit tunga-tunga sa Betel ug Ai diin nagapatindog sila sa ilang tolda kaniadto, ug diin usab sila una nga nagabuhat ug halaran. Ug gisimba pag-usab ni Abram ang Ginoo didto.

Si Lot nga mikuyog paglakaw kang Abram aduna usab siyay mga kahayopan ug tolda. Ug tungod kay daghan na ang ilang mga kahayopan ug uban pang mga kabtangan, dili sila mahimo nga mag-usa sa pagpuyo sa usa ka dapit. Ang sabsabanan dili paigo kanila. Tungod niini, nagakaaway ang mga magbalantay sa ilang mga hayop. (Niadtong panahona ang mga Canaanhon ug mga Perisihanon nagapuyo pa usab niadtong dapita.)

Busa miingon si Abram kang Lot, “Kita ug ang atong mga tawo dili angay nga mag-away kay paryente kita. Ang maayo niini, magbulag na lang kita tungod kay daghan pa man ang dapit nga mahimong balhinan. Pagpili kon asa nga bahin sa yuta ang imong gusto. Kon sa wala ka nga bahin, sa tuo ako; kon sa tuo ka nga bahin, sa wala ako.”

10 Mitan-aw si Lot sa palibot ug nakita niya nga abunda sa tubig ang Kapatagan sa Jordan hangtod sa Zoar, sama sa tanaman sa Ginoo[a] ug sa yuta sa Ehipto. (Sa panahon kini nga wala pa gilaglag sa Ginoo ang Sodoma ug Gomora.) 11 Busa gipili ni Lot ang tibuok nga Kapatagan sa Jordan sa sidlakan. Sa mao nga paagi nagabulag sila ni Abram. 12 Si Abram nagapabilin sa Canaan samtang si Lot didto mipuyo sa mga lungsod sa kapatagan. Nagpatindog si Lot sa iyang tolda duol sa Sodoma. 13 Ang mga tawo sa Sodoma labihan gayod ka daotan. Labihan gayod ang ilang pagpakasala batok sa Ginoo.

Mibalhin si Abram sa Hebron

14 Sa dihang nakabiya na si Lot, miingon ang Ginoo kang Abram, “Gikan diha sa imong gitindogan tan-awa pag-ayo ang imong palibot. 15 Ang tanan nga yuta nga maabot sa imong panan-aw ihatag ko kanimo ug sa imong mga kaliwat, ug mainyo kana hangtod sa kahangtoran. 16 Himuon ko ang imong mga kaliwat nga sama kadaghan sa abog. Ang abog dili maihap, busa ang imong mga kaliwat dili usab maihap. 17 Lakaw ug libota ang tibuok kayutaan kay ihatag ko kanang tanan kanimo.” 18 Busa gibalhin ni Abram ang iyang tolda, ug didto siya mipuyo duol sa dagkong mga kahoy[b] ni Mamre didto sa Hebron, ug nagabuhat siya didto ug halaran alang sa Ginoo.

Footnotes

  1. 13:10 tanaman sa Ginoo: o, tanaman sa Eden.
  2. 13:18 dagkong mga kahoy: Tan-awa usab ang 12:6.

Abram Inherits Canaan

13 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and (A)Lot with him, (B)to the [a]South. (C)Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journey (D)from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the (E)place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram (F)called on the name of the Lord.

Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. Now (G)the land was not able to [b]support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. And there was (H)strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. (I)The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.

So Abram said to Lot, (J)“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. (K)Is not the whole land before you? Please (L)separate from me. (M)If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”

10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all (N)the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord (O)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) (P)like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward (Q)Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot (R)dwelt in the cities of the plain and (S)pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom (T)were exceedingly wicked and (U)sinful against the Lord.

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot (V)had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—(W)northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see (X)I give to you and (Y)your [c]descendants forever. 16 And (Z)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

18 (AA)Then Abram moved his tent, and went and (AB)dwelt by [d]the terebinth trees of Mamre, (AC)which are in Hebron, and built an (AD)altar there to the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:1 Heb. Negev
  2. Genesis 13:6 Lit. bear
  3. Genesis 13:15 Lit. seed
  4. Genesis 13:18 Heb. Alon Mamre

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