Liber Genesis, 13
1. Ascendit ergo Abram de Ae gypto ipse et uxor eius et om nia, quae habebat, et Lot cum eo ad Nageb.
1. So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.
2. Abram autem erat dives valde in pecoribus, argento et auro.
2. Now Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3. Et profectus est de mansione in mansionem a Nageb in Bethel usque ad locum, ubi prius fixerat tabernaculum inter Bethel et Hai,
3. And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4. in loco altaris, quod fecerat prius, et invocavit ibi nomen Domini.
4. to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5. Sed et Lot, qui ibat cum Abram, fuerunt greges ovium et armenta et tabernacula;
5. And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,
6. nec poterat eos capere terra, ut habitarent simul: erat quippe substantia eorum multa, et nequibant habitare communiter.
6. so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,
7. Unde et facta est rixa inter pastores gregum Abram et pastores gregum Lot. Eo autem tempore Chananaeus et Pherezaeus habitabant in illa terra.
7. and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. At that time the Canaanites and the Per'izzites dwelt in the land.
8. Dixit ergo Abram ad Lot: “Ne, quaeso, sit iurgium inter me et te et inter pastores meos et pastores tuos: fratres enim sumus.
8. Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen.
9. Nonne universa terra coram te est? Recede a me, obsecro: si ad sinistram ieris, ego dexteram tenebo; si tu dexteram elegeris, ego ad sinistram pergam”.
9. Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left."
10. Elevatis itaque Lot oculis, vidit omnem circa regionem Iordanis, quae universa irrigabatur, antequam subverteret Dominus Sodomam et Gomorram, sicut paradisus Domini et sicut Aegyptus usque in Segor.
10. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zo'ar; this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomor'rah.
11. Elegitque sibi Lot omnem regionem circa Iordanem et recessit ad orientem; divisique sunt alterutrum a fratre suo.
11. So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan valley, and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated from each other.
12. Abram habitavit in terra Chanaan; Lot vero moratus est in oppidis, quae erant circa Iordanem, et tabernacula movit usque ad Sodomam.
12. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13. Homines autem Sodomitae pessimi erant et peccatores coram Domino nimis.
13. Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.
14. Dixitque Dominus ad Abram, postquam divisus est Lot ab eo: “Leva oculos tuos et vide a loco, in quo nunc es, ad aquilonem et ad meridiem, ad orientem et ad occidentem:
14. The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15. omnem terram, quam conspicis, tibi dabo et semini tuo usque in sempiternum;
15. for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever.
16. faciamque semen tuum sicut pulverem terrae: si quis potest hominum numerare pulverem terrae, semen quoque tuum numerare poterit.
16. I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted.
17. Surge et perambula terram in longitudine et in latitudine sua, quia tibi daturus sum eam”.
17. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."
18. Movens igitur tabernaculum suum, Abram venit et habitavit iuxta Quercus Mambre, quae sunt in Hebron, aedificavitque ibi altare Domino.
18. So Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.
