Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Avram went up out of Mitzrayim: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
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And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;
2 Avram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
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and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 He went on his journeys from the South even to Beit-El, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and `Ai,
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And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --
4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Avram called on the name of the LORD.
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unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.
5 Lot also, who went with Avram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
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And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;
6 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
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and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;
7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Avram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Kana`ani and the Perizzi lived then in the land.
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and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
8 Avram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
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And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren.
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."
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Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.'
10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Yarden, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sedom and `Amorah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzo`ar.
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And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Yarden for himself. Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion;
12 Avram lived in the land of Kana`an, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sedom.
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Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;
13 Now the men of Sedom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.
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and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.
14 The LORD said to Avram, 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,
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And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
15 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
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for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.
16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the eretz, so that if a man can number the dust of the eretz, then your seed may also be numbered.
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And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."
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rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'
18 Avram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hevron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
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And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.
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