Genesis 13

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1 From Egypt Abram went up to the Negeb with his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot accompanied him.	1 فصعد ابرام من مصر هو وامرأته وكل ما كان له ولوط معه الى الجنوب.
2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.	2 وكان ابرام غنيا جدا في المواشي والفضة والذهب.
3 From the Negeb he traveled by stages toward Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly stood,	3 وسار في رحلاته من الجنوب الى بيت ايل. الى المكان الذي كانت خيمته فيه في البداءة بين بيت ايل وعاي.
4 the site where he had first built the altar; and there he invoked the LORD by name.	4 الى مكان المذبح الذي عمله هناك اولا. ودعا هناك ابرام باسم الرب
5 Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,	5 ولوط السائر مع ابرام كان له ايضا غنم وبقر وخيام.
6 so that the land could not support them if they stayed together; their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.	6 ولم تحتملهما الارض ان يسكنا معا. اذ كانت املاكهما كثيرة. فلم يقدرا ان يسكنا معا.
7 There were quarrels between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and those of Lot's. (At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were occupying the land.)	7 فحدثت مخاصمة بين رعاة مواشي ابرام ورعاة مواشي لوط. وكان الكنعانيون والفرزّيون حينئذ ساكنين في الارض.
8 So Abram said to Lot: "Let there be no strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, 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 at your disposal? Please separate from me. If you prefer the left, I will go to the right; if you prefer the right, I will go to the left."	9 أليست كل الارض امامك. اعتزل عني. ان ذهبت شمالا فانا يمينا وان يمينا فانا شمالا
10 Lot looked about and saw how well watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the LORD'S own garden, or like Egypt. (This was before the LORD had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)	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 Lot, therefore, chose for himself the whole Jordan Plain and set out eastward. Thus they separated from each other;	11 فاختار لوط لنفسه كل دائرة الاردن وارتحل لوط شرقا. فاعتزل الواحد عن الآخر.
12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the Plain, pitching his tents near Sodom.	12 ابرام سكن في ارض كنعان ولوط سكن في مدن الدائرة ونقل خيامه الى سدوم.
13 Now the inhabitants of Sodom were very wicked in the sins they committed against the LORD.	13 وكان اهل سدوم اشرارا وخطاة لدى الرب جدا
14 After Lot had left, the LORD said to Abram: "Look about you, and from where you are, gaze to the north and south, east and west;	14 وقال الرب لابرام بعد اعتزال لوط عنه. ارفع عينيك وانظر من الموضع الذي انت فيه شمالا وجنوبا وشرقا وغربا.
15 all the land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.	15 لان جميع الارض التي انت ترى لك اعطيها ولنسلك الى الابد.
16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants too might be counted.	16 واجعل نسلك كتراب الارض. حتى اذا استطاع احد ان يعد تراب الارض فنسلك ايضا يعدّ.
17 Set forth and walk about in the land, through its length and breadth, for to you I will give it."	17 قم امش في الارض طولها وعرضها. لاني لك اعطيها.
18 Abram moved his tents and went on to settle near the terebinth of Mamre, which is at Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.	18 فنقل ابرام خيامه واتى واقام عند بلوطات ممرا التي في حبرون. بنى هناك مذبحا للرب