Genesis 13

**Caput 13**

Ascendit ergo Abram de Ægypto, ipse et uxor ejus, et omnia quæ habebat, et Lot cum eo, ad australem plagam. Abram therefore went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the southern quarter. Erat autem dives valde in possessione auri et argenti. He was very rich in gold and silver. Reversusque est per iter, quo venerat, a meridie in Bethel, usque ad locum ubi prius fixerat tabernaculum inter Bethel et Hai, in loco altaris quod fecerat prius : et invocavit ibi nomen Domini. And he returned by the way by which he had come, from the south to Bethel, to the place where he had previously pitched the tabernacle between Bethel and Hai, in the place of the altar which he had made before: and there he invoked the name of the Lord. Sed et Lot qui erat cum Abram, fuerunt greges ovium, et armenta, et tabernacula. But Lot, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds, and tents. Nec poterat eos capere terra, ut habitarent simul : erat quippe substantia eorum multa, et nequibant habitare communiter. Nor could the earth contain them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together. Unde et facta est rixa inter pastores gregum Abram et Lot. Hence there was a quarrel between the shepherds of the flocks, Abram and Lot. Eo autem tempore Chananæus et Pherezæus habitabant in terra illa. At that time the Chanaeans and the Perezeans lived in that land. Dixit ergo Abram ad Lot : Ne quæso sit jurgium inter me et te, et inter pastores meos et pastores tuos : fratres enim sumus. Abram then said to Lot: Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds: for we are brothers. Ecce universa terra coram te est : recede a me, obsecro : si ad sinistram ieris, ego dexteram tenebo : si tu dexteram elegeris, ego ad sinistram pergam. Behold, the whole earth is before you: depart from me, I beseech you: if you go to the left, I will hold the right hand: if you choose the right, I will go to the left. Elevatis itaque Lot oculis, vidit omnem circa regionem Jordanis, quæ universa irrigabatur antequam subverteret Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham, sicut paradisus Domini, et sicut Ægyptus venientibus in Segor. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all around the region of the Jordan, which was all irrigated before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, like the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt to those who came to Segor. Elegitque sibi Lot regionem circa Jordanem, et recessit ab oriente : divisique sunt alterutrum a fratre suo. And Lot chose for himself the region about the Jordan, and withdrew from the east: and they were separated from each other by their brother. Abram habitavit in terra Chanaan; Lot vero moratus est in oppidis, quæ erant circa Jordanem, et habitavit in Sodomis. Homines autem Sodomitæ pessimi erant, et peccatores coram Domino nimis. But the people of Sodom were the worst, and exceedingly sinful before the Lord.

Dixitque Dominus ad Abram, postquam divisus est ab eo Lot : Leva oculos tuos et vide a loco, in quo nunc es, ad aquilonem et meridiem, ad orientem et occidentem. And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had been separated from him: Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are now, to the north and the south, to the east and the west. Omnem terram, quam conspicis, tibi dabo, et semini tuo usque in sempiternum. I will give you all the land that you see, and your seed forever. Faciamque semen tuum sicut pulverem terræ : si quis potest hominum numerare pulverem terræ, semen quoque tuum numerare poterit. And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth: if a man can number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your seed also. Surge, et perambula terram in longitudine et in latitudine sua : quia tibi daturus sum eam. Movens igitur tabernaculum suum Abram, venit, et habitavit juxta convallem Mambre, quæ est in Hebron: ædificavitque ibi altare Domino. Abram therefore removed his tent, and came and dwelt near the valley of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and there he built an altar to the Lord.