¹Zvino Abhuramu wakakwira kubva Egipita, iye nemukadzi wake nezvose zvaakange anazvo, naRo­ti anaye, vakaenda kuchamhembe.

¹And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

²Zvino Abhuramu wakange akafuma kwazvo pazvipfuwo, pasirivha, nepandarama.

²And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

³Zvino wakafamba nzendo dzake kubva kuchamhembe kusvi­kira paBheteri, panzvimbo paiva netende rake pakutanga, pakati peBheteri neAi;

³And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

⁴kunzvimbo yearitari yaakange aitapo pakutanga; Abhuramu ndokudana zita raJehovha ipapo.

⁴Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

⁵NaRotiwo, waifamba naAbhuramu, wakange ane makwai, nenzombe, nematende.

⁵And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

⁶Nyika ikakonewa kuvatakura kuti vagare pamwe; nekuti fuma yavo yakange iri zhinji; zvekuti vakange vasingagoni kugara pamwe.

⁶And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

⁷Zvino pakava nemakakatamwa pakati pevafudzi vezvipfuwo zvaAbhuramu nevafudzi vezvipfuwo zvaRoti. Zvino nenguva iyo vaKanani nevaPerezi vaigara panyika iyo.

⁷And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

⁸Abhuramu ndokuti kuna Roti: Makakatamwa ngaarege kuvapo, ndinokukumbira, pakati pangu newe, nepakati pevafudzi vangu nevafudzi vako, nekuti tiri hama.

⁸And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

⁹Nyika yose haizi pamberi pako here? Paradzana hako neni; kana ukaenda kuruboshwe, ndichaenda kurudyi; kana ukaenda kurudyi ini ndichae­nda kuruboshwe.

⁹Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

¹⁰Roti ndokusimudza meso ake, akaona rose bani reJoridhani kuti rakadiridzwa zvakanaka rose, Jehovha asati aparadza Sodhoma neGomora; rakaita semunda waJehovha, senyika yeEgipita, kana achiinda Zoari.

¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

¹¹Roti akazvisarudzira bani rose reJoridhani; Roti ndokuenda kumabvazuva; ndokuzvipa­radzanisa umwe kubva kune umwe.

¹¹Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

¹²Abhuramu wakagara munyika yeKanani, Roti ndokugara pamaguta emapani, akadzika tende pedo neSodhoma.

¹²Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

¹³Asi vanhu veSodhoma vaiva vakaipa, uye vatadzi pamberi paJehovha zvikuru.

¹³But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

¹⁴Jehovha ndokuti kuna Abhuramu Roti aparadzana naye: Simudza hako meso ako ipapo paugere, utarire kumaodzanyemba nekuchamhembe, nekumabvazuva, nekuma­virira;

¹⁴And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

¹⁵nekuti nyika yose yaunoona ndichaipa kwauri nekumbeu yako kusvikira rinhi narinhi.

¹⁵For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

¹⁶Uye ndichaita mbeu yako seguruva renyika, kuti kana kune munhu anogona kuverenga guruva renyika, nembeu yako ingaverengwawo.

¹⁶And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

¹⁷Simuka, famba uchigura nyika paurefu hwayo, nepaupamhi hwayo, nekuti ndichaipa kwauri.

¹⁷Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

¹⁸Abhuramu ndokubvisa tende, akasvika ndoku­gara pamiti yemiouki* yeMamure, iri muHebhuroni, akavakirapo Jehovha aritari.

¹⁸Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.