1 ف َخَرَجَ أبْرامُ مِنْ مِصْرَ إلَى النَّقَبِ مَعَ زَوْجَتِهِ وَكُلِّ ما كانَ لَدَيهِ، وَمَعَ لُوطَ أيضاً.

So Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

2 و َكانَ أبْرامُ غَنِيّاً جِدّاً بِالماشِيَةِ وَالفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ.

Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold.

3 و َارْتَحَلَ عَلَى مَراحِلَ مِنَ النَّقَبِ إلَى بَيتَ إيلَ. وَوَصَلَ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي كانَتْ فِيهِ خَيمَتُهُ فِي البِدايَةِ، أي بَينَ بَيتَ إيلَ وَعايَ.

And he journeyed on from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

4 و َهُوَ المَكانُ الَّذِي كانَ قَدْ بَنَى فِيهِ المَذْبَحَ. وَدَعا أبْرامُ بِاسمِ اللهَ هُناكَ. انفصالُ أبْرامَ ولُوط

Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

5 و َكانَ لِلُوطَ الَّذِي يَصْحَبُ أبْرامَ فِي تَرْحالِهِ غَنَمٌ وَبَقَرٌ وَخِيامٌ كَأبْرامَ.

But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 ف َلَمْ تَقْدِرِ الأرْضُ أنْ تَعُولَهُما وَهُما يَسْكُنانِ مَعاً، لأنَّ مُقْتَنَياتِهِما كانَتْ كَثِيرَةً جِدّاً. فَلَمْ يَعُودا قادِرَينَ عَلَى السَّكَنِ مَعاً.

Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together.

7 و َقامَتْ مُنازَعاتٌ بَينَ رُعاةِ أبْرامَ وَرُعاةِ لُوطَ. وَكانَ الكَنْعانِيُّونَ وَالفَرِزِّيُّونَ يَسْكُنُونَ فِي البِلادِ أيضاً.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

8 ف َقالَ أبْرامُ لِلُوطَ: «لا داعِيَ لأنْ تَقُومَ مُنازَعاتٌ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ، أوْ بَينَ رُعاتِي وَرُعاتِكَ، فَنَحْنُ قَرِيبانِ.

So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives.

9 ف َها هِيَ الأرْضُ كُلُّها أمامَكَ لِتَخْتارَ مِنْها. وَلْيَنفَصِلْ أحَدُنا عَنِ الآخَرِ. إنْ اتَّجَهْتَ شِمالاً، فَسَأتَّجِهُ يَمِيناً. وَإنْ اتَّجَهْتَ يَمِيناً، فَإنِّي سَأتَّجِهُ شِمالاً.»

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I beg of you, from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 ف َنَظَرَ لُوطُ حَولَهُ، وَرَأى أنَّ وادِيَ الأُرْدُنِّ كُلَّهُ حَتَّى صُوغَرَ حَسَنُ السِّقايَةِ كَحَدِيقَةِ اللهِ ، أوْ كَأرْضِ مِصْرَ – كانَ هَذا قَبلَ أنْ يُدَمِّرَ اللهُ مَدِينَتِي سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ –

And Lot looked and saw that everywhere the Jordan Valley was well watered. Before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

11 و َاختارَ لُوطُ لِنَفْسِهِ كُلَّ وادِي الأُرْدُنِّ. فارْتَحَلَ لُوطُ شَرْقاً، وَانفَصَلَ أحَدُهُما عَنِ الآخَرِ.

Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and traveled east. So they separated.

12 و َسَكَنَ أبْرامُ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ. وَأمّا لُوطُ فَسَكَنَ فِي مُدُنِ وادِي الأُرْدُنِّ، وَقَرَّبَ خَيمَتَهُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ سَدُومَ.

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom and dwelt there.

13 و َكانَ أهلُ سَدُومَ أشْراراً وَخُطاةً جِدّاً أمامَ اللهِ.

But the men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly great sinners against the Lord.

14 و َقالَ اللهُ لِأبْرامَ بَعْدَ أنِ انْفَصَلَ لُوطُ عَنْهُ: «انْظُرْ حَولَكَ، وَتَطَلَّعْ مِنَ المَكانِ الَّذِي أنْتَ فِيهِ شَمالاً وَجَنُوباً وَشَرْقاً وَغَرْباً.

The Lord said to Abram after Lot had left him, Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

15 أ تَرَى كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ؟ سَأُعْطِيها لَكَ وَلِأحفادِكَ مُلْكاً إلَى الأبَدِ.

For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever.

16 و َسَأجْعَلُ أحفادَكَ بِعَدَدِ حَبّاتِ تُرابِ الأرْضِ. فَإنِ استَطاعَ إنسانٌ أنْ يُحصِيَ حَبّاتِ تُرابِ الأرْضِ، يَستَطِيعُ عِندَ ذَلِكَ أنْ يُحصِيَ أفرادَ نَسلِكَ.

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted.

17 ا ذْهَبْ وَتَجَوَّلْ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ كُلِّها طُولاً وَعَرْضاً، لِأنِّي سَأُعطِيها لَكَ.»

Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you.

18 ف َحَلَّ أبْرامُ خِيامَهُ وَذَهَبَ لِيَسْتَقِرَّ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطاتِ مَمْرا فِي مَدِينَةِ حَبْرُونَ. وَهُناكَ بَنَى مَذْبَحاً للهِ.

Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt among the oaks or terebinths of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.