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 وَغَادَرَ أَبْرَامُ مِصْرَ وَتَوَجَّهَ هُوَ وَزَوْجَتُهُ وَلُوطٌ وَكُلُّ مَا كَانَ لَهُ، نَحْوَ مِنْطَقَةِ النَّقَبِ

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

2 وَكَانَ أَبْرَامُ يَمْلِكُ ثَرْوَةً طَائِلَةً مِنَ الْمَوَاشِي وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ.

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 وَظَلَّ يَتنَقَّلُ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ النَّقَبِ مُتَّجِهاً إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلٍ، إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ نَصَبَ فِيهِ خِيَامَهُ أَوَّلاً بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلٍ وَعَايَ.

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

4 حَيْثُ كَانَ قَدْ شَيَّدَ الْمَذْبَحَ أَوَّلاً، وَدَعَا هُنَاكَ أَبْرَامُ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ.

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

5 وَكَانَ لِلُوطٍ الْمُرَافِقِ لأَبْرَامَ غَنَمٌ وَبَقَرٌ وَخِيَامٌ أَيْضاً.

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 فَضَاقَتْ بِهِمَا الأَرْضُ لِكَثْرَةِ أَمْلاكِهِمَا فَلَمْ يَقْدِرَا أَنْ يَسْكُنَا مَعاً.

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 وَنَشَبَ نِزَاعٌ بَيْنَ رُعَاةِ مَوَاشِي أَبْرَامَ وَرُعَاةِ مَوَاشِي لُوطٍ، فِي الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ وَالْفِرِزِّيُّونَ يُقِيمُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ.

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 فَقَالَ أَبْرَامُ لِلُوطٍ: «لا يَكُنْ نِزَاعٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، وَلا بَيْنَ رُعَاتِي وَرُعَاتِكَ لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَخَوَانِ.

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 أَلَيْسَتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا أَمَامَكَ؟ فَاعْتَزِلْ عَنِّي. إِنِ اتَّجَهْتَ شِمَالاً، أَتَّجِهْ أَنَا يَمِيناً، وَإِنْ تَحَوَّلْتَ يَمِيناً، أَتَحَوَّلْ أَنَا شِمَالاً».

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 وَتَلَفَّتَ لُوطٌ حَوْلَهُ فَشَاهَدَ السُّهُولَ الْمُحِيطَةَ بِنَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَإذَا بِها رَيَّانَةٌ كُلُّهَا، قَبْلَمَا دَمَّرَ الرَّبُّ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ، وَكَأَنَّهَا جَنَّةُ الرَّبِّ كَأَرْضِ مِصْرَ الْمُمْتَدَّةِ إِلَى صُوغَرَ.

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 فَاخْتَارَ لُوطٌ لِنَفْسِهِ حَوْضَ الأُرْدُنِّ كُلَّهُ وَارْتَحَلَ شَرْقاً. وَهَكَذَا اعْتَزَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنِ الآخَرِ.

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

12 وَسَكَنَ أَبْرَامُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَأَقَامَ لُوطٌ فِي مُدُنِ السَّهْلِ حَيْثُ نَصَبَ خِيَامَهُ بِجُوَارِ سَدُومَ.

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

13 وَكَانَ أَهْلُ سَدُومَ مُتَوَرِّطِينَ فِي الشَّرِّ وَخَاطِئِينَ جِدّاً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

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 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لأَبْرَامَ بَعْدَ أَنِ اعْتَزَلَ عَنْهُ لُوطٌ: «ارْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَتَلَفَّتْ حَوْلَكَ مِنَ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ، شِمَالاً وَجَنُوباً، شَرْقاً وَغَرْباً،

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

15 فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي تَرَاهَا، سَأُعْطِيهَا لَكَ وَلِذُرِّيَّتِكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

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 وَسَأَجْعَلُ نَسْلَكَ كَتُرَابِ الأَرْضِ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ يَقْدِرُ آنَئِذٍ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ نَسْلَكَ

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

17 قُمْ وَامْشِ فِي طُولِ الأَرْضِ وَعَرْضِهَا لأَنِّي لَكَ أُعْطِيهَا».

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 فَنَقَلَ أَبْرَامُ خِيَامَهُ ونَصَبَهَا فِي سَهْلِ مَمْرَا فِي حَبْرُونَ. وَهُنَاكَ بَنَى لِلرَّبِّ مَذْبَحاً.