1亞伯蘭返回迦南亞伯蘭帶著妻子和所有的一切，以及羅得，一同從埃及上到南地去。
1Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
2亞伯蘭有很多牲畜和金銀。
2Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3他從南地一站一站往前走，到伯特利去；到伯特利和艾城中間，就是他從前支搭帳棚的地方，
3He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4也是他築頭一座祭壇的地方，亞伯蘭就在那裡求告耶和華的名。
4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
5和亞伯蘭同行的羅得，也有羊群、牛群和帳棚。
5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6亞伯蘭與羅得分手那地容不下他們住在一起；因為他們的財物很多，所以他們再也不能住在一起。
6The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
7牧養亞伯蘭牲畜的和牧養羅得牲畜的，起了紛爭；當時迦南人和比利洗人還住在那地。
7There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.
8亞伯蘭就對羅得說：“你我之間，切不可紛爭；你的牧人和我的牧人之間，也不可紛爭，因為我們是至親。
8Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
9全地不都是在你面前嗎？請你離開我吧！你若向左，我就向右；你若向右，我就向左。”
9Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
10羅得舉目，看見約旦河整個平原，直到瑣珥，都有水灌溉；在耶和華毀滅所多瑪和蛾摩拉之前，這地好像耶和華的園子，也像埃及地一樣。
10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
11羅得選擇了約旦河整個平原，於是向東移動，他們就彼此分開了。
11So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12亞伯蘭住在迦南地；羅得住在平原的城市中，漸漸挪移帳棚，直到所多瑪。
12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13在耶和華看來，所多瑪人是罪大惡極的。
13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
14亞伯蘭獲得之應許羅得離開亞伯蘭以後，耶和華對亞伯蘭說：“你要舉目，從你所在的地方向東南西北觀看。
14Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
15你看見的地方，我都要賜給你和你的後裔，直到永遠。
15for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
16我要使你的後裔好像地上灰塵那麼多；若能數算地上的灰塵，才能數算你的後裔。
16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
17你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我必把這地賜給你。”
17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.”
18於是，亞伯蘭漸漸挪移帳棚，來到希伯崙幔利的橡樹附近，在那裡居住，也在那裡為耶和華築了一座祭壇。
18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.