Genesis · Chapter 13

[ edit] Abram þanne aſcendide fro Egipt, he, and his wijf and al þat he had, and Loþ wiþ hym, to þe ſowþ plaag. He was forſoþe ful riche in poſſeſſioun of ſiluer and of gold. And he was turnyd aȝen bi þe weye þat he come fro þe ſowþ in Betel, vnto þe place in þe which biforhond he had ficchid a tabernacle, bytwix Betel and Hay, in þe place of þe auter þat he made bifore, and he inwardli clepide þere þe name of þe Lord. But and of Loþ, þe which was wiþ Abram, weren flockis of ſheep, and droues, and tabernaclis; and þe lond myȝte not reſeyue hem, þat þei dwelliden to giderys; forſoþe þe ſubſtaunce of hem was myche, and þei myȝten not dwel comounli.

Wherfor and þere was ſtrijf maad bitwix þe ſhepherdis of þe flockis of Abram and of Loþ. Þat forſoþe tyme Chananeus and Fereſeus dwelliden in þat lond. Seide þanne Abram to Loþ, I biſeche, be þere not ſtrijf bitwix þee and me, and bitwix my ſheepherdis and þi ſheepherdis; briþeren forſoþe we ben. Se! al þe lond is bifore þee, I preye, go awey fro me; if þow to þe left ſide goſt, Y ſhal hold þe riȝt ſide; if þow þe riȝt ſide cheſiſt, Y ſhal go to þe left. And ſo Loþ, his eyen heued vp, ſawe al þe regioun abowt of Jordan, þe which al was watered, bifore þe Lord ſhulde ouerturne Sodom and Gomor, as paradis of þe Lord, and as Egipt to comers into Segor.

And Loþ ches to hym þe regioun abowt Jordan, and ȝede fro þe eſt; and þei ben eiþer diuydid fro his broþer. Abram dwelte in þe londe of Chanaan; and Loþ forſoþe abode in þe borow townes þat weren abowte Jordan, and dwellid in Sodomys. Men forſoþe of Sodom weren þe werſt men, and ſynners before þe Lord mych. And þe Lord ſeide to Abram, aftir þat Loþ was dyuydyd fro hym, Heue vp þin eyen euen ryȝt, and ſe fro þe place in þe which þow art now, to þe norþ and ſowþ, to þe eſt and weſt; al þe lond þat þow biholdiſt, I ſhal ȝyue to þee and to þi ſeed, for to euermore. And I ſhal make þi ſeed as powdir of þe erþe; if eny men myȝten nowmbre þe powdre of þe erþe, and þi ſeed he ſhal mow nowmbre.

Aryſe þanne and ouergo þe lond in lengþe and in brede, for I am to ȝyue it to þee. Abram þanne, mouynge his tabernacle, com and dwellide biſide þe valey of Mambre, þe which is in Ebron, and bildide þere an auter to þe Lord.