創世記 13

1 亞伯蘭帶着他的妻子與羅得，並一切所有的，都從埃及上南地去。

Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, and all his possessions, and Lot with him, into the Negev.

2 亞伯蘭的金、銀、牲畜極多。

Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

3 他從南地漸漸往伯特利去，到了伯特利和艾的中間，就是從前支搭帳棚的地方，

He went on his journeys from the Negev even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

4 也是他起先築壇的地方；他又在那裏求告耶和華的名。

to the place where he had first built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of God.

5 與亞伯蘭同行的羅得也有牛群、羊群、帳棚。

Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 那地容不下他們；因為他們的財物甚多，使他們不能同居。

The land was not able to support them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to remain together.

7 當時，迦南人與比利洗人在那地居住。亞伯蘭的牧人和羅得的牧人相爭。

There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.

8 亞伯蘭就對羅得說：「你我不可相爭，你的牧人和我的牧人也不可相爭，因為我們是骨肉。

Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

9 遍地不都在你眼前嗎？請你離開我：你向左，我就向右；你向右，我就向左。」

Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

10 羅得舉目看見約旦河的全平原，直到瑣珥，都是滋潤的，那地在耶和華未滅所多瑪、蛾摩拉以先如同耶和華的園子，也像埃及地。

Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, like the garden of God, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11 於是羅得選擇約旦河的全平原，往東遷移；他們就彼此分離了。

So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated from each other.

12 亞伯蘭住在迦南地，羅得住在平原的城邑，漸漸挪移帳棚，直到所多瑪。

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

13 所多瑪人在耶和華面前罪大惡極。

Now the people of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against God.

14 羅得離別亞伯蘭以後，耶和華對亞伯蘭說：「從你所在的地方，你舉目向東西南北觀看；

And God said to Abram after Lot had departed from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

15 凡你所看見的一切地，我都要賜給你和你的後裔，直到永遠。

for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.

16 我也要使你的後裔如同地上的塵沙那樣多，人若能數算地上的塵沙才能數算你的後裔。

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring also could be counted.

17 你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我必把這地賜給你。」

Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."

18 亞伯蘭就搬了帳棚，來到希伯崙幔利的橡樹那裏居住，在那裏為耶和華築了一座壇。

Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to God.