Genesis Chapter 13 — Abram and Lot Separate | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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וַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ

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

So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.

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וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב

KJVAnd Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

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וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו מִנֶּגֶב

KJVAnd 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;

And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning.

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אֶל מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה

KJVUnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

To the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the LORD.

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וְגַם לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת אַבְרָם הָיָה צֹאן וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִים

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

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

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וְלֹא נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו

KJVAnd 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.

So that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

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וַיְהִי רִיב בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה לוֹט

KJVAnd 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.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock.

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וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל לוֹט אַל נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶיךָ

KJVAnd 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.

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."

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הֲלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ לְפָנֶיךָ הִפָּרֶד נָא מֵעָלָי

KJVIs 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.

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.

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וַיִּשָּׂא לוֹט אֶת עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת כָּל כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן

KJVAnd 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.

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD.

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וַיִּבְחַר לוֹ לוֹט אֵת כָּל כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן

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

So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other.

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אַבְרָם יָשַׁב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן

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

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

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וְאַנְשֵׁי סְדֹם רָעִים וְחַטָּאִים לַיהוָה מְאֹד

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

Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

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וַיהוָה אָמַר אֶל אַבְרָם אַחֲרֵי הִפָּרֶד לוֹט מֵעִמּוֹ

KJVAnd 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:

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."

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כִּי אֶת כָּל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה רֹאֶה לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה

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

For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.

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וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶת זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ

KJVAnd 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.

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.

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קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ לְאָרְכָּהּ וּלְרָחְבָּהּ

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

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

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וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא

KJVThen 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.

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.

Genesis — Chapter 13