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1 Cuando Abram salió de Egipto con su esposa, con Lot y con todas sus posesiones, se dirigió hacia la región del Néguev.
1 Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.
2 Abram era muy rico, pues tenía oro, plata y mucho ganado.
2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3 Desde el Néguev, Abram avanzó lentamente hasta llegar a Betel. Una vez allí, se dirigió al lugar donde había acampado antes, es decir, entre Betel y Hai.
3 He went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 En ese mismo lugar Abram había construido un altar para invocar el nombre del Señor.
4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.
5 También Lot, que iba con Abram, tenía muchas ovejas, vacas y carpas.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
6 De modo que ya no podían vivir juntos, pues el campo no era suficiente para alimentar a tantos animales.
6 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.
7 Por eso, había muchas peleas entre los pastores que cuidaban los rebaños de Abram y los que cuidaban los rebaños de Lot. En ese tiempo, los cananeos y los ferezeos todavía vivían en aquella región.
7 There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
8 Así que un día Abram le dijo a Lot: «Recuerda que tú y yo somos parientes, de modo que no es bueno que haya peleas entre nosotros, ni entre tus pastores y los míos.
8 Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
9 Mira, ahí tienes una gran extensión de tierra. Escoge dónde quieres irte a vivir. Si te vas a la región que está a la izquierda, entonces yo me iré a la que está a la derecha; pero si te vas a la derecha, entonces yo me iré a la izquierda».
9 Isn’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 Lot contempló toda la extensa llanura del Jordán, y vio que toda esa región, hasta Zoar, era muy buena para la agricultura, pues tenía mucha agua. Era como el jardín del Señor o como la tierra de Egipto. Así era esa región antes de que el Señor destruyera a Sodoma y a Gomorra.
10 Lot 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 De modo que Lot escogió la región que estaba al oriente, es decir, la llanura del Jordán, y se fue a vivir allá. Fue así como Abram y Lot se separaron.
11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.
12 Abram se quedó viviendo en Canaán, mientras que Lot habitó entre las ciudades de la llanura, cerca de la ciudad de Sodoma.
12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Los habitantes de Sodoma eran muy perversos y ofendían mucho al Señor con sus horribles pecados.
13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
14 Después de que Lot se fue, el Señor le dijo a Abram: «Mira toda la tierra que tienes a tu alrededor por el norte, el sur, el oriente y el occidente. Toda esa tierra será para ti y para todos tus descendientes.
14 Yahweh 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 Not in this translation
15 for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
16 Además, tu descendencia será tan numerosa como el polvo de la tierra. De modo que sólo quien sea capaz de contar el polvo de la tierra, podrá contar a tus descendientes.
16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
17 Ahora, pues, levántate y recorre toda esa región, a lo largo y a lo ancho, porque te la voy a regalar».
17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.”
18 Así que Abram se fue a vivir junto al bosque de encinas de Mamré, que queda cerca de Hebrón. Allí construyó un altar para el Señor.
18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Lot
Abraham's nephew who chose the plain of Jordan and settled near Sodom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 11–14; 19
Places
Hebron
One of the region's oldest cities, holding the patriarchs' burial cave (Machpelah). It was David's first royal capital, over Judah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 23:19; Genesis 13:18; 2 Samuel 5:3
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 10:40; Genesis 12:9–20; 2 Samuel 24:7; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 20:1
- 2 Genesis 24:35; Psalm 112:1–3; Genesis 26:12–13; Proverbs 10:22; Job 22:21–25
- 3 Genesis 12:6; Genesis 12:8–9
- 4 Jeremiah 29:12; Ephesians 6:18–19; Isaiah 58:9; Genesis 12:7–8; Psalm 116:2
- 5 Genesis 4:20; Jeremiah 49:29; Genesis 25:27
- 6 Genesis 36:6–7; Luke 12:17–18; Ecclesiastes 5:10–11; 1 Timothy 6:9
- 7 Genesis 26:20; Genesis 12:6; James 3:16; James 4:1; Genesis 34:30
- 8 1 Corinthians 6:6–7; Acts 7:26; Psalm 133:1; Genesis 11:27–31; Proverbs 20:3
- 9 Genesis 20:15; 1 Peter 3:8–12; Genesis 34:10; Hebrews 12:14; Romans 12:18
- 10 Deuteronomy 34:3; Isaiah 51:3; Genesis 14:8; Genesis 2:8–10; Joel 2:3
- 11 Genesis 13:9; Hebrews 10:25; Proverbs 27:10; 1 Peter 2:17; Psalm 119:63
- 12 Genesis 19:29; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 14:12; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Genesis 19:25
- 13 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 7; 2 Peter 2:6–8; Romans 1:27; Isaiah 3:8–9
- 14 Deuteronomy 3:27; Genesis 28:14; Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 60:4; Genesis 13:10
- 16 Genesis 28:14; Numbers 23:10; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12; Exodus 32:13
- 17 Genesis 13:15; Numbers 13:17–24
- 18 Genesis 14:13; Genesis 18:1; Genesis 35:27; Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7–8
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And 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." And again [the Scripture] saith, "God brought forth Abram, and spake unto him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars if thou be able to number them; …
For all the earth which thou seest, I will give to thee and to thy seed, even for ever." And again He says, "Arise, and go through the length and breadth of the land, since I will give it unto thee;" and [yet] he did not receive an inheritance in it, not even a footstep, but was always a stranger …
Arise, and walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it." It does not clearly appear whether in this promise that also is contained by which he is made the father of all nations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Read the Scriptures, and thou shall find Abraham to have been a rich man. In order that thou mayest know, that not riches are blamed; Abraham had much gold, silver, cattle, household, was a rich man, and unto his bosom Lazarus, a poor man, was borne up.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
It is certain that the poor man was carried into the bosom of Abraham: of Abraham himself Scripture saith that he had here very much gold and silver, and was rich on the earth. If every one that is rich is hurried away to be tormented, how could Abraham have gone before that poor man, so as to be ready …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)