1 Un Ābrāms devās no Ēģiptes uz dienvidu zemi, viņš un viņa sieva līdz ar visu, kas tiem bija, un arī Lats bija kopā ar viņu. 2 Ābrāms bija ļoti bagāts ar lopiem, sudrabu un zeltu. 3 Un viņš savos pārgājienos gāja no dienvidiem uz Bēteli līdz tai vietai, kurā viņa telts sākumā bija stāvējusi: starp Bēteli un Aju, 4 līdz tai vietai, kurā viņš sākumā bija cēlis altāri; un Ābrahāms tur piesauca Tā Kunga Vārdu. 5 Un arī Latam, kas ceļoja ar Ābrāmu, bija sīklopi un liellopi un teltis. 6 Bet zeme nevarēja viņus uzturēt, ka tie varētu kopā dzīvot, jo viņu mantība bija liela, un tie nevarēja kopā dzīvot. 7 Tā izcēlās strīdus starp Ābrāma lopu ganiem un Lata lopu ganiem; arī kānaānieši un ferisieši toreiz dzīvoja tanī zemē. 8 Un Ābrāms teica Latam: "Lai nebūtu strīdus starp mani un tevi, starp maniem ganiem un taviem ganiem, jo mēs esam brāļi. 9 Vai visa zeme nav tavā priekšā? Labāk šķiries no manis; ja tu gribi iet pa kreisi, es iešu pa labi; bet, ja tu gribi iet pa labi, es iešu pa kreisi." 10 Un Lats pacēla savas acis un ieraudzīja savā priekšā visu Jordānas apgabalu, ka tas bija bagāts ar ūdeni - pirms Dievs izpostīja Sodomu un Gomoru - kā Tā Kunga dārzs līdz pat Coārai, līdzīgs Ēģiptei. 11 Un Lats izraudzīja sev visu Jordānas apgabalu un aizgāja austrumu virzienā; tā viņi šķīrās viens no otra. 12 Ābrāms apmetās Kānaāna zemē, bet Lats apdzīvoja apkārtējās pilsētas un izplēta teltis līdz Sodomai. 13 Bet Sodomas ļaudis bija ļoti ļauni un grēcīgi Tā Kunga priekšā. 14 Un Tas Kungs teica Ābrāmam pēc tam, kad Lats no viņa bija šķīries: "Pacel savas acis un raugies no tās vietas, kur tu atrodies, uz ziemeļiem un dienvidiem, uz austrumiem un rietumiem, 15 jo visas tās zemes, ko Es tev rādu, Es uz mūžīgiem laikiem došu tev un taviem pēcnācējiem. 16 Un Es darīšu tavus pēcnācējus itin kā zemes pīšļus; ja kāds var saskaitīt zemes pīšļus, tas arī tavus pēcnācējus varēs saskaitīt. 17 Celies, pārstaigā zemi tās garumā un platumā, jo tev Es gribu to dot." 18 Un Ābrāms cēla teltis, gāja un apmetās pie Mamres ozoliem Hebronā; un viņš uzcēla tur altāri Tam Kungam.
Abram and Lot Separate
1 Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him. 2 Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold. 3 Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before 4 and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.
5 Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants. 6 And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals. 7 So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
8 Then Abram said to Lot, “We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling. 9 So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other.”
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted. 12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom, 13 whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.
Abram Moves to Hebron
14 After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, “From where you are, look carefully in all directions. 15 I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever. 16 I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth! 17 Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you.” 18 So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
