Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 13 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ανέβη δε ο Άβραμ εξ Αιγύπτου, αυτός και η γυνή αυτού, και πάντα όσα είχε, και ο Λωτ μετ' αυτού, προς μεσημβρίαν.
1 Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.
2 Και ο Άβραμ ήτο πλούσιος σφόδρα εις κτήνη, εις αργύριον και εις χρυσίον.
2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3 Και υπήγεν οδεύων από μεσημβρίας έως Βαιθήλ έως του τόπου όπου ήτο η σκηνή αυτού το πρότερον μεταξύ Βαιθήλ και Γαί·
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 εις τον τόπον του θυσιαστηρίου, το οποίον είχε κάμει εκεί καταρχάς· και επεκαλέσθη εκεί ο Άβραμ το όνομα του Κυρίου.
4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.
5 Και ο Λωτ ακόμη, ο συμπορευόμενος μετά του Άβραμ, είχε πρόβατα και βόας και σκηνάς.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
6 Και δεν εχώρει αυτούς η γη διά να κατοικώσιν ομού· διότι ήσαν τα υπάρχοντα αυτών πολλά, και δεν ηδύναντο να κατοικώσιν ομού.
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 Και συνέβη έρις μεταξύ των ποιμένων των κτηνών του Άβραμ και των ποιμένων των κτηνών του Λώτ· οι δε Χαναναίοι και οι Φερεζαίοι κατώκουν τότε την γην.
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 Είπε δε ο Άβραμ προς τον Λωτ, Ας μη ήναι, παρακαλώ, έρις μεταξύ εμού και σου και μεταξύ των ποιμένων μου και των ποιμένων σου· διότι αδελφοί είμεθα ημείς·
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 δεν είναι πάσα η γη έμπροσθέν σου; διαχωρίσθητι λοιπόν απ' εμού· εάν συ υπάγης εις τα αριστερά, εγώ υπάγω εις τα δεξιά· και εάν συ εις τα δεξιά, εγώ εις τα αριστερά.
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 Και υψώσας ο Λωτ τους οφθαλμούς αυτού, είδε πάσαν την περίχωρον του Ιορδάνου, ότι εποτίζετο όλη προ του να καταστρέψη ο Κύριος τα Σόδομα και τα Γόμορρα, ως παράδεισος του Κυρίου, ως η γη της Αιγύπτου, έως να υπάγη τις εις Σηγώρ.
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 Και έκλεξεν εις εαυτόν ο Λωτ πάσαν την περίχωρον του Ιορδάνου· και μετεσκήνωσεν ο Λωτ προς ανατολάς, και διεχωρίσθησαν ο εις από του άλλου.
11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.
12 Ο μεν Άβραμ κατώκησεν εν τη γη Χαναάν· ο δε Λωτ κατώκησε μεταξύ των πόλεων της περιχώρου, και έστησε τας σκηνάς αυτού έως Σοδόμων.
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 Οι δε άνθρωποι των Σοδόμων ήσαν κακοί και αμαρτωλοί σφόδρα ενώπιον του Κυρίου.
13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
14 Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Άβραμ, αφού διεχωρίσθη ο Λωτ απ' αυτού, Ύψωσον τώρα τους οφθαλμούς σου, και ιδέ από του τόπου όπου είσαι, προς άρκτον και μεσημβρίαν και ανατολήν και δύσιν·
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 διότι πάσαν την γην την οποίαν βλέπεις, εις σε θέλω δώσει αυτήν και εις το σπέρμα σου έως αιώνος·
15 for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
16 και θέλω καταστήσει το σπέρμα σου ως την άμμον της γής· ώστε εάν δύναταί τις να εξαριθμήση την άμμον της γης, θέλει αριθμηθή και το σπέρμα σου.
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 Σηκωθείς διόδευσον την γην εις τε το μήκος αυτής και εις το πλάτος αυτής· διότι εις σε θέλω δώσει αυτήν.
17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.”
18 Και εσήκωσε την σκηνήν αυτού ο Άβραμ, και ελθών κατώκησε πλησίον των δρυών Μαμβρή, αίτινες είναι εν Χεβρών, και ωκοδόμησεν εκεί θυσιαστήριον εις τον Κύριον.
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
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
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 (18)
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
- 15 2 Chronicles 20:7; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 35:12; Acts 7:5
- 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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“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)