Genesi 13

BIBBIA RICCIOTTI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 - Venne via adunque Abramo dall'Egitto, egli e la moglie, tutto quel che aveva, e Lot con lui, diretto a mezzodì.	1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.
2 Era molto ricco in possessi, in oro ed argento.	2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.
3 Ritornò per la via per la quale era venuto, dal mezzodì a Betel, sino al luogo dove aveva prima fermato le tende, fra Betel e Hai,	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 ed aveva già prima alzato un altare; quivi [un'altra volta] 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 era con Abramo, aveva greggi di pecore, armenti e tende.	5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.
6 Nè la regione poteva contenerli in modo che stessero insieme; erano infatti molti i loro averi, e non potevano vivere 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 Tanto che avvenne una rissa tra i pastori del gregge di Abramo, e quelli di Lot. Il Cananeo ed il Ferezeo tenevano allora quella regione.	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 Disse dunque Abramo a Lot: «Di grazia, non vi siano litigi fra me e te, fra i pastori miei ed i tuoi, giacchè siam 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 Ecco, tu hai innanzi a te tutta questa terra; separati da me, ti prego; se tu andrai a sinistra, terrò io la destra; se tu preferirai la destra, anderò io 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 Ed alzati gli occhi, Lot vide tutta la pianura intorno al Giordano, la quale, prima che il Signore sprofondasse Sodoma e Gomorra, era tutta irrigata, come il paradiso del Signore, e come l'Egitto per chi viene da Segor.	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 sè questa regione attorno al Giordano, e se n'andò verso oriente; e 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 Abramo abitò nella terra di Canaan; Lot invece dimorò nei villaggi che erano intorno al Giordano, e poi si fermò in Sodoma.	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 i Sodomiti erano pessimi, peccatori a dismisura innanzi al Signore.	13 But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
14 Disse il Signore ad Abramo, dopo che Lot si fu da lui separato: «Alza gli occhi, e, dal luogo ove sei, guarda a settentrione ed a mezzogiorno, ad oriente ed 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 regione che tu vedi, io la darò a te ed alla tua discendenza, in eterno.	15 All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
16 La tua discendenza sarà come la polvere della terra; se potrà un uomo contare i granellini della polvere della terra, potrà anche contare 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 Levati, e percorri questa regione in lunghezza e larghezza, che io te la darò».	17 Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”
18 Mosse dunque le sue tende, venne Abramo ad abitare nella valle di Mambre, in Hebron, e vi alzò 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.