1.Mose 13 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk English Standard Version

1.Mose 13 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Abram og Lot går hver til sit

1 Abram forlod så Egypten og rejste nordpå til Negev sammen med sin kone og Lot og al deres ejendom. 2 Han var nu meget rig. Han havde meget kvæg og masser af sølv og guld. 3 De fortsatte nordpå fra sted til sted, indtil de nåede Betel og det sted mellem Betel og Aj, hvor de tidligere havde slået lejr, og hvor Abram havde bygget et alter. Der ofrede han igen til Herren. 5 Lot, som fulgte med Abram, var også en velstående mand med mange får og køer og telte. 6 Der var imidlertid ikke græs nok på stedet til deres mange dyr, så de kunne ikke blive ved at bo så tæt sammen. 7 Kana’anæerne og perizzitterne boede jo også i landet. Så da det kom til slagsmål mellem Abrams og Lots hyrder, 8 sagde Abram til Lot: „Det her går ikke. Der må ikke være strid mellem os eller mellem vores folk. Vi er jo trods alt i familie. 9 Her er land nok. Så lad os hellere gå hver til sit. Hvis du går til venstre, så går jeg til højre; eller hvis du går til højre, så går jeg til venstre.” 10 Da Lot spejdede ud over landet, lagde han mærke til Jordandalens frugtbare slette, der strakte sig helt til Zoar. Det var før Sodoma og Gomorra blev ødelagt, og området var endnu frodigt som Edens have og Egyptens land. 11 Lot valgte Jordandalen. Han tog afsked med Abram og gik mod øst. 12 Abram blev altså i Kana’ans land, mens Lot med sin teltlejr drog østpå fra sted til sted, indtil han nåede Sodoma, hvor han slog sig ned. 13 Folkene dér var berygtet for deres store ondskab. De syndede groft imod Herren. 14 Efter at Lot var taget af sted, sagde Herren til Abram: „Se dig omkring til alle sider fra det sted, hvor du står. Se mod nord og mod syd, mod øst og mod vest. 15 Jeg vil give dig og dine efterkommere hele dette land til evigt eje. 16 Jeg vil gøre dine efterkommere så talrige som sandkornene på jorden. 17 Rejs nu gennem landet på kryds og tværs og se nøje på det, for jeg vil give det til dig.” 18 Så slog Abram lejr i Mamres egelund ved Hebron. Der byggede han et alter for Herren.

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English Standard Version

Abram and Lot Separate

1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. 2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 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 to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. 5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, 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 and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land. 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 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 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 Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord. 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 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks* of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.