| 1 From Egypt Abram returned to the Negeb with his wife and al he possessed, and Lot with him. | 1 فصعد ابرام من مصر هو وامرأته وكل ما كان له ولوط معه الى الجنوب. |
| 2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver and gold. | 2 وكان ابرام غنيا جدا في المواشي والفضة والذهب. |
| 3 By stages he went from the Negeb to Bethel, where he had first pitched his tent, between Bethel andAi, | 3 وسار في رحلاته من الجنوب الى بيت ايل. الى المكان الذي كانت خيمته فيه في البداءة بين بيت ايل وعاي. |
| 4 at the place where he had formerly erected the altar. There Abram invoked the name of Yahweh. | 4 الى مكان المذبح الذي عمله هناك اولا. ودعا هناك ابرام باسم الرب |
| 5 Lot, who was travelling with Abram, had flocks and cattle of his own, and tents too. | 5 ولوط السائر مع ابرام كان له ايضا غنم وبقر وخيام. |
| 6 The land was not sufficient to accommodate them both at once, for they had too many possessions tobe able to live together. | 6 ولم تحتملهما الارض ان يسكنا معا. اذ كانت املاكهما كثيرة. فلم يقدرا ان يسكنا معا. |
| 7 Dispute broke out between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and those of Lot. (The Canaanites andPerizzites were living in the country at the time.) | 7 فحدثت مخاصمة بين رعاة مواشي ابرام ورعاة مواشي لوط. وكان الكنعانيون والفرزّيون حينئذ ساكنين في الارض. |
| 8 Accordingly Abram said to Lot, 'We do not want discord between us or between my herdsmen andyours, for we are kinsmen. | 8 فقال ابرام للوط لا تكن مخاصمة بيني وبينك وبين رعاتي ورعاتك. لاننا نحن اخوان. |
| 9 Is not the whole land open before you? Go in the opposite direction to me: if you take the left, I shalgo right; if you take the right, I shal go left.' | 9 أليست كل الارض امامك. اعتزل عني. ان ذهبت شمالا فانا يمينا وان يمينا فانا شمالا |
| 10 Looking round, Lot saw all the Jordan plain, irrigated everywhere -- this was before Yahwehdestroyed Sodom and Gomorrah-like the garden of Yahweh or the land of Egypt, as far as Zoar. | 10 فرفع لوط عينيه ورأى كل دائرة الاردن ان جميعها سقي قبلما اخرب الرب سدوم وعمورة كجنة الرب كارض مصر. حينما تجيء الى صوغر. |
| 11 So Lot chose all the Jordan plain for himself and moved off eastwards. Thus they parted company: | 11 فاختار لوط لنفسه كل دائرة الاردن وارتحل لوط شرقا. فاعتزل الواحد عن الآخر. |
| 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan; Lot settled among the cities of the plain, pitching his tents onthe outskirts of Sodom. | 12 ابرام سكن في ارض كنعان ولوط سكن في مدن الدائرة ونقل خيامه الى سدوم. |
| 13 Now the people of Sodom were vicious and great sinners against Yahweh. | 13 وكان اهل سدوم اشرارا وخطاة لدى الرب جدا |
| 14 Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had parted company from him, 'Look al round from where you are,to north and south, to east and west, | 14 وقال الرب لابرام بعد اعتزال لوط عنه. ارفع عينيك وانظر من الموضع الذي انت فيه شمالا وجنوبا وشرقا وغربا. |
| 15 for al the land within sight I shal give to you and your descendants for ever. | 15 لان جميع الارض التي انت ترى لك اعطيها ولنسلك الى الابد. |
| 16 I shal make your descendants like the dust on the ground; when people succeed in counting thespecks of dust on the ground, then they wil be able to count your descendants too! | 16 واجعل نسلك كتراب الارض. حتى اذا استطاع احد ان يعد تراب الارض فنسلك ايضا يعدّ. |
| 17 On your feet! Travel the length and breadth of the country, for I mean to give it to you.' | 17 قم امش في الارض طولها وعرضها. لاني لك اعطيها. |
| 18 So Abram moved his tent and went to settle at the Oak of Mamre, at Hebron, and there he built analtar to Yahweh. | 18 فنقل ابرام خيامه واتى واقام عند بلوطات ممرا التي في حبرون. بنى هناك مذبحا للرب |