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.