Genesis 13:1 U-Abrama wakhuphuka ephuma eGibithe, yena nomkakhe, nakho konke anakho. uLoti kanye naye eningizimu. 13:2 U-Abrama wayecebile kakhulu ngezinkomo, nangesiliva, nangegolide. 13:3 Futhi wasuka eningizimu kuze kufike eBhetheli, kuze kube indawo lapho itende lakhe lalikhona ekuqaleni, phakathi kweBethele ne-Ayi; 13:4 Waze wafika endaweni ye-altare, ayelenzile lapho ekuqaleni lapho u-Abrama wabiza igama likaJehova. 13:5 Futhi uLoti, owayehamba no-Abrama, wayenezimvu, nezinkomo, namatende. 13:6 Izwe lalingenakubathwala, ukuze bahlale ndawonye. ngoba impahla yabo yayinkulu, kangangokuthi babengelakuhlala ndawonye. 13:7 Kwaba khona ukuxabana phakathi kwabelusi bezinkomo zika-Abrama nabelusi abelusi bemfuyo kaLoti; ahlala amaKhanani namaPherizi bese kuba sezweni. 13:8 U-Abrama wathi kuLoti: “Akungabi khona ukuxabana phakathi kwami. nawe, naphakathi kwabelusi bami nabelusi bakho; ngoba singabazalwane. 13:9 Izwe lonke alikho phambi kwakho na? ake uhlukane laye mina: uma uthatha isandla sokhohlo, ngiyakuya ngakwesokunene; noma uma suka uye ngakwesokunene, mina ngiye ngakwesokhohlo. 13:10 ULoti waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona lonke ithafa laseJordani yayinamanzi yonke indawo, ngaphambi kokuba uJehova abhubhise iSodoma ne iGomora njengensimu kaJehova, njengezwe laseGibithe ufika eZowari. 13:11 Khona-ke uLoti wazikhethela ithafa lonke laseJordani; uLoti wasuka waya empumalanga; bahlukana omunye komunye. 13:12 U-Abrama wahlala ezweni laseKhanani, uLoti wahlala emizini yase ithafa, wamisa itende lakhe ngaseSodoma. 13:13 Kodwa abantu baseSodoma babekhohlakele futhi izoni phambi kukaJehova ngokwedlulele. 13:14 UJehova wathi ku-Abrama, ngemva kokuba uLoti ehlukene naye. Phakamisa manje amehlo akho, ubuke usendaweni lapho okhona ngasenyakatho, nangaseningizimu, nasempumalanga, nasentshonalanga; 13:15 Ngoba lonke izwe olibonayo, ngiyokunika lona kanye neyakho inzalo kuze kube phakade. 13:16 Futhi ngiyokwenza inzalo yakho ibe njengothuli lomhlabathi, ukuze uma umuntu angakwazi Bala uthuli lomhlabathi, khona-ke nenzalo yakho iyakubalwa. 13:17 Vuka, udabule izwe ngobude balo nasebubanzini balo yona; ngoba ngizakunika lona. 13:18 U-Abrama wasusa itende lakhe, wafika wahlala e-okini kaMamre. eliseHebroni, wamakhela khona uJehova i-altare.