Genesis 13

1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

1 亚伯兰带着妻子、侄儿罗得和所有的一切，离开埃及去南地。

2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

2 那时亚伯兰已经拥有很多牲畜和金银。

3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

3–4 他从南地渐渐迁移到伯特利，到了他从前在伯特利和艾中间搭帐篷和筑坛的地方。他又在那里求告耶和华的名。

4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

5 和亚伯兰同行的罗得也有牛群、羊群和帐篷。

6 But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

6 他们的牲畜很多，那地方容纳不下，他们无法住在一起。

7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

7 亚伯兰的牧人和罗得的牧人之间起了纷争。那时，迦南人和比利洗人也住在那里。

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.

8 亚伯兰对罗得说：“我们之间不该有纷争，我们的牧人之间也不该有纷争，因为我们是骨肉至亲。

9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself 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.”

9 整片土地不就在你面前吗？我们分开吧。如果你往左边去，我就往右边走；如果你往右边去，我就往左边走。”

10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

10 罗得举目眺望，看见整个约旦河平原，远至琐珥，水源充足。在耶和华毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉之前，那地方就好像耶和华的园子，又像埃及。

11 So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

11 于是，罗得选了整个约旦河平原，向东迁移，他们便分开了。

12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

12 亚伯兰住在迦南，罗得则住在平原的城邑里，并渐渐把帐篷迁移到所多玛附近。

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

13 所多玛人极其邪恶，在耶和华眼中罪恶滔天。

14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

14 罗得离开后，耶和华对亚伯兰说：“从你站的地方向东西南北眺望，

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

15 你所能看见的地方，我都要赐给你和你的后裔，直到永远。

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

16 我要使你的后裔多如地上的尘土，人若能数算地上的尘土，才能数算你的后裔。

17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

17 你起来走遍这片土地，因为我要把这片土地赐给你。”

18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

18 亚伯兰就把帐篷迁移到希伯仑，在幔利的橡树附近居住，在那里为耶和华筑了一座祭坛。