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Genesis 13:5-13

5AndLotלְל֔וֹטle.LotH3876alsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571,whowentH1980withAbramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87,hadflocksH6629,andherdsH1241,andtentsוְאֹהָלִֽים׃ve.'o.ha.LimH168.

6Andthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776wasH1961notableיָֽכְל֖וּya.khe.LuH3201tobearH5375them,thattheymightdwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162:fortheirsubstancewasH1961greatH7227,sothattheycouldnotdwellלָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetH3427togetherיַחְדָּֽו׃yach.DavH3162.

7AndtherewasH1961astrifeH7379betweentheherdsmenofAbram’scattleandtheherdsmenofLot’scattle:andtheCanaaniteוְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ve.ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669andthePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522dweltH3427thenאָ֖ז'azH227inthelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

8AndAbramאַבְרָ֜ם'av.RamH87saidH559untoLotל֗וֹטLotH3876,Lettherebeתְהִ֤יte.HiH1961nostrifeמְרִיבָה֙me.ri.VahH4808,Ipraythee,betweenmeandthee,andbetweenmyherdsmenandthyherdsmen;forwearebrethren.

9Isnotthewholelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776beforethee?separateהִפָּ֥רֶדhi.Pa.redH6504thyself,Ipraythee,fromme:ifthou wilt takethelefthandH3225,thenIwillgoוְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃ve.'as.me.'I.lahH8041totherightהַיָּמִ֖יןhai.ya.MinH3225;orifthou taketherightH3225handH3225,thenIwillgoH8041totheleft.

10AndLotל֣וֹטLotH3876liftedוַיִּשָּׂא־vai.yi.sa'-H5375uphiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,andbeheldallthePlainoftheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383,thatitwaswell wateredeverywhere,beforeJehovahdestroyedשַׁחֵ֣תsha.ChetH7843Sodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467andGomorrahעֲמֹרָ֔ה'a.mo.RahH6017,likethegardenכְּגַן־ke.gan-H1588ofJehovah,likethelandכְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,asthou goest untoZoarצֹֽעַר׃Tzo.'arH6820.

11SoLotל֗וֹטLotH3876choseH977himallthePlainoftheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383;andLotל֖וֹטLotH3876journeyedeastמִקֶּ֑דֶםmi.Ke.demH6924:andtheyseparatedH6504themselvestheoneH376fromtheother.

12Abramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87dweltיָשַׁ֣בya.ShavH3427inthelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667,andLotוְל֗וֹטve.LotH3876dweltיָשַׁב֙ya.ShavH3427inthecitiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofthePlain,andmovedhistentוַיֶּאֱהַ֖לvai.ye.'e.HalH167asfarasSodomסְדֹֽם׃se.DomH5467.

13NowthemenH376ofSodomסְדֹ֔םse.DomH5467werewickedרָעִ֖יםra.'ImH7451andsinnersH2400againstJehovahexceedinglyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

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