1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

1 亚伯兰带着妻子和所有的一切， 以及罗得， 一同从埃及上到南地去。

2 亚伯兰有很多牲畜和金银。

3 他从南地一站一站往前走， 到伯特利去； 到伯特利和艾城中间， 就是他从前支搭帐棚的地方，

4 也是他筑头一座祭坛的地方， 亚伯兰就在那里求告耶和华的名。

5 和亚伯兰同行的罗得， 也有羊群、牛群和帐棚。

6 那地容不下他们住在一起； 因为他们的财物很多， 所以他们再也不能住在一起。

7 牧养亚伯兰牲畜的和牧养罗得牲畜的， 起了纷争； 当时迦南人和比利洗人还住在那地。

8 亚伯兰就对罗得说： "你我之间， 切不可纷争； 你的牧人和我的牧人之间， 也不可纷争， 因为我们是至亲。

9 全地不都是在你面前吗？请你离开我吧！ 你若向左， 我就向右； 你若向右， 我就向左。"

10 罗得举目， 看见约旦河整个平原， 直到琐珥， 都有水灌溉； 在耶和华毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉之前， 这地好像耶和华的园子， 也像埃及地一样。

11 罗得选择了约旦河整个平原， 于是向东移动， 他们就彼此分开了。

12 亚伯兰住在迦南地； 罗得住在平原的城市中， 渐渐挪移帐棚， 直到所多玛。

13 在耶和华看来， 所多玛人是罪大恶极的。

14 罗得离开亚伯兰以后， 耶和华对亚伯兰说： "你要举目， 从你所在的地方向东南西北观看。

15 你看见的地方， 我都要赐给你和你的后裔， 直到永远。

16 我要使你的后裔好像地上灰尘那么多； 若能数算地上的灰尘， 才能数算你的后裔。

17 你起来， 纵横走遍这地， 因为我必把这地赐给你。"

18 于是， 亚伯兰渐渐挪移帐棚， 来到希伯仑幔利的橡树附近， 在那里居住， 也在那里为耶和华筑了一座祭坛。