Genesis 13

1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.

De Egipto subió Abram al Négueb, él su mujer y toda su hacienda, y Lot con él.

2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.

Era Abram muy rico en rebaños, en plata y oro.

3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.

Y se volvió, caminando por etapas, desde el Négueb hasta Betel, donde había acampado al principio, entre Betel y Hai,

4 There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.

hasta el lugar del altar que alzara allí anteriormente; e invocó allí Abram el nombre de Yahvé.

5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.

También Lot, que iba con Abram, poseía rebaños, vacadas y tiendas.

6 Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.

Mas el país no les permitía vivir juntos, porque era mucha su hacienda, de modo que no podían habitar juntamente.

7 And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.

De ahí nacieron contiendas entre los pastores de las greyes de Abram y los pastores de las greyes de Lot. Además, los cananeos y los fereceos habitaban en aquel tiempo en esa región.

8 Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.

Dijo, pues Abram a Lot: “No haya, te ruego, contienda entre mí y ti, ni entre mis pastores y tus pastores; pues somos hermanos.

9 Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”

¿No está todo el país delante de ti? Sepárate, por favor, de mí. Si tú vas a la izquierda, yo iré a la derecha; y si tú vas a la derecha, yo iré a la izquierda.”.

10 And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.

Alzando entonces Lot sus ojos vio toda la vega del Jordán, toda ella de regadío, hasta los límites de Segor. Antes que destruyese Yahvé a Sodoma y Gomorra era esta región como el jardín de Yahvé, como la tierra de Egipto.

11 And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.

Eligió, pues, Lot para sí toda la vega del Jordán, y se trasladó al oriente; y así se separaron el uno del otro.

12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.

Abram se estableció en la tierra de Canaán, y Lot habitó en las ciudades de la Vega, donde plantó sus tiendas hasta Sodoma.

13 But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.

Mas los habitantes de Sodoma eran malos y grandes pecadores ante Yahvé.

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.

Dijo Yahvé a Abram, después que Lot se hubo separado de él: “Alza tus ojos y mira desde el lugar donde estás, hacia el norte y hacia el mediodía, hacia el oriente y hacia el occidente;

15 All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.

pues toda la tierra que ves, te la daré a ti y a tu descendencia para siempre.

16 And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.

Y haré tu descendencia (tan numerosa) como el polvo de la tierra. Si fuera posible contar el polvo de la tierra, podría contarse también tu descendencia.

17 Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”

Levántate, recorre el país, a su largo y a su ancho; porque a ti te lo daré.”

18 Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.

Y levantó Abram las tiendas y vino a establecerse en el encinar de Mamré, cerca de Hebrón, donde edificó un altar a Yahvé.