Genesi 13

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1 Dall’Egitto Abram risalì nel Negheb, con la moglie e tutti i suoi averi; Lot era con lui.	1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.
2 Abram era molto ricco in bestiame, argento e oro.	2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.
3 Abram si spostò a tappe dal Negheb fino a Betel, fino al luogo dov’era già prima la sua tenda, tra Betel e Ai,	3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.
4 il luogo dove prima aveva costruito l’altare: lì Abram invocò il nome del Signore.	4 There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.
5 Ma anche Lot, che accompagnava Abram, aveva greggi e armenti e tende,	5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.
6 e il territorio non consentiva che abitassero insieme, perché avevano beni troppo grandi e non potevano abitare insieme.	6 Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.
7 Per questo sorse una lite tra i mandriani di Abram e i mandriani di Lot. I Cananei e i Perizziti abitavano allora nella terra.	7 And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.
8 Abram disse a Lot: «Non vi sia discordia tra me e te, tra i miei mandriani e i tuoi, perché noi siamo fratelli.	8 Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.
9 Non sta forse davanti a te tutto il territorio? Sepàrati da me. Se tu vai a sinistra, io andrò a destra; se tu vai a destra, io andrò a sinistra».	9 Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”
10 Allora Lot alzò gli occhi e vide che tutta la valle del Giordano era un luogo irrigato da ogni parte – prima che il Signore distruggesse Sòdoma e Gomorra – come il giardino del Signore, come la terra d’Egitto fino a Soar.	10 And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
11 Lot scelse per sé tutta la valle del Giordano e trasportò le tende verso oriente. Così si separarono l’uno dall’altro:	11 And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
12 Abram si stabilì nella terra di Canaan e Lot si stabilì nelle città della valle e piantò le tende vicino a Sòdoma.	12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.
13 Ora gli uomini di Sòdoma erano malvagi e peccavano molto contro il Signore.	13 But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
14 Allora il Signore disse ad Abram, dopo che Lot si era separato da lui: «Alza gli occhi e, dal luogo dove tu stai, spingi lo sguardo verso il settentrione e il mezzogiorno, verso l’oriente e l’occidente.	14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.
15 Tutta la terra che tu vedi, io la darò a te e alla tua discendenza per sempre.	15 All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
16 Renderò la tua discendenza come la polvere della terra: se uno può contare la polvere della terra, potrà contare anche i tuoi discendenti.	16 And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.
17 Àlzati, percorri la terra in lungo e in largo, perché io la darò a te».	17 Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”
18 Poi Abram si spostò con le sue tende e andò a stabilirsi alle Querce di Mamre, che sono ad Ebron, e vi costruì un altare al Signore.	18 Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.