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Abram Inherits Canaan

¹Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and ⚓Lot with him, ⚓to the South. ²⚓Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. ³And he went on his journey ⚓from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, ⁴to the ⚓place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram ⚓called on the name of the Lord.
⁵Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶Now ⚓the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. ⁷And there was ⚓strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. ⚓The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
⁸So Abram said to Lot, ⚓“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. ⁹⚓Is not the whole land before you? Please ⚓separate from me. ⚓If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
¹⁰And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all ⚓the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord⚓destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) ⚓like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward ⚓Zoar. ¹¹Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot ⚓dwelt in the cities of the plain and ⚓pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. ¹³But the men of Sodom ⚓were exceedingly wicked and ⚓sinful against the Lord.
¹⁴And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot ⚓had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—⚓northward, southward, eastward, and westward; ¹⁵for all the land which you see ⚓I give to you and ⚓your descendants forever. ¹⁶And ⚓I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. ¹⁷Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
¹⁸⚓Then Abram moved his tent, and went and ⚓dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, ⚓which are in Hebron, and built an ⚓altar there to the Lord.

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Aplas thiab Lauj sib ncaim

¹Aplas thiab nws tus pojniam txawm tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws coj txhua yam uas nws muaj mus txog Neke. Lauj kuj nrog nws mus thiab.
²Aplas muaj tsiaj txhu thiab nyiaj thiab kub nplua mias. ³Nws tsiv ntawm Neke ib ntus zuj zus mus txog lub moos Npe‑ee, yog lub chaw uas yav dhau los nws tau tsa tsev ntaub rau ntu nruab nrab lub moos Npe‑ee thiab lub moos Ai, ⁴thiab yog lub chaw uas yav nram ntej nws tau ua lub thaj cia. Thiab Aplas tuav Yawmsaub lub npe thov qhov ntawd. ⁵Lauj uas nrog Aplas ua ke kuj muaj yaj muaj tshis thiab muaj nyuj tsheej pab thiab muaj tej tsev ntaub. ⁶Lub tebchaws yug tsis tau ob tug nyob ua ke vim ob tug muaj tsiaj txhu coob qhov txhia chaw ntau kawg li mas tebchaws tsis txaus ob tug nyob ua ke. ⁷Aplas cov tub qhe yug tsiaj thiab Lauj cov tub qhe yug tsiaj kuj sib cav sib ceg. Lub sijhawm ntawd cov Khana‑as thiab cov Pelixai tseem nyob hauv lub tebchaws ntawd.
⁸Aplas thiaj hais rau Lauj tias, “Tsis txhob cia wb sib cav sib ceg thiab tsis txhob cia koj cov tub qhe yug tsiaj thiab kuv cov tub qhe yug tsiaj sib cav sib ceg, rau qhov wb yog tej txiv tub. ⁹Lub tebchaws huvsi nyob ntawm koj xubntiag no. Koj cia li ncaim ntawm kuv mus. Yog koj mus rau sab laug kuv yuav mus rau sab xis, lossis yog koj mus rau sab xis kuv yuav mus rau sab laug.” ¹⁰Lauj tsa muag ntsia mas pom tias lub tiaj ntawm ntug dej Yaladee mus txog lub moos Xau‑a muaj dej zoo txhua qhov ib yam li Yawmsaub lub vaj thiab ib yam li Iyi tebchaws. No yog ua ntej uas Yawmsaub tsis tau ua kom lub moos Xaudoo thiab lub moos Kaumaula puam tsuaj. ¹¹Lauj thiaj xaiv lub tiaj ntawm ntug dej Yaladee rau nws, thiab Lauj txawm mus rau sab hnub tuaj, ob tug thiaj sib ncaim. ¹²Aplas nyob hauv Khana‑as tebchaws hos Lauj mus nyob hauv tej moos nram tiaj, thiab nws tshais tsev ntaub mus nyob ze lub moos Xaudoo. ¹³Cov neeg hauv lub moos Xaudoo ua phem ua txhaum loj rau Yawmsaub.
¹⁴Thaum Lauj ncaim Aplas lawm, Yawmsaub hais rau Aplas tias, “Koj tsa muag ntsia ntawm qhov chaw uas koj nyob no mus rau sab ped sab nrad sab hnub tuaj sab hnub poob. ¹⁵Tag nrho lub tebchaws uas koj pom no kuv yuav muab pub rau koj thiab koj caj ces mus ib txhis. ¹⁶Kuv yuav ua kom koj caj ces coob yam li tej hmoov av, leejtwg suav txheeb tej hmoov av thiaj li suav txheeb koj caj ces. ¹⁷Koj cia li sawv tsees mus ncig kom thoob plaws lub tebchaws no rau sab ntev thiab sab dav huvsi, rau qhov kuv yuav muab lub tebchaws no rau koj.” ¹⁸Aplas thiaj tshais tsev ntaub los nyob ze cov ntoo xeeb ntawm Male uas nyob ntawm Heploo, thiab nws ua ib lub thaj rau Yawmsaub qhov ntawd.