12:10
וַיְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ
Now a famine occurred in the land;
וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַבְרָ֤ם מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם
And Avram came down to Egypt to sojourn there,
כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
For the famine was severe in the land;
12:11
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יב לָב֣וֹא מִצְרָ֑יְמָה
And it happened, when he was on the point of entering Egypt,
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־שָׂרַ֣י אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ
that he said to Sarai his wife:
הִנֵּה־נָ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י אִשָּׁ֥ה יְפַת־מַרְאֶ֖ה אָֽתְּ׃
“Here, look! I know that you are a woman of beautiful appearance;”
12:12
וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יִרְא֤וּ אֹתָךְ֙ הַמִּצְרִ֔ים
“And it will happen, when the Egyptians shall see you,
וְאָמְר֖וּ אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ זֹ֑את
then they will say, ‘This is his wife’;
וְהָרְג֥וּ אֹתִ֖י וְאֹתָ֥ךְ יְחַיּֽוּ׃
And will kill me, but let you live.”
12:13
אִמְרִי־נָ֖א אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ
“Just say you are my sister,
לְמַ֙עַן֙ יִֽיטַב־לִ֣י בַעֲבוּרֵ֔ךְ
so that it may go well for me on account of you,
וְחָיְתָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃
and my soul shall live on because of you.”
12:14
וַיְהִ֕י כְּב֥וֹא אַבְרָ֖ם מִצְרָ֑יְמָה
And so it happened,
as Avram was coming into Egypt,
וַיִּרְא֤וּ הַמִּצְרִים֙ אֶת־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה
That the Egyptians took note of the woman,
כִּֽי־יָפָ֥ה הִ֖וא מְאֹֽד׃
for she was exceptionally beautiful;
12:15
וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֹתָהּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה
And the officials of Pharaoh took note of her,
וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה
And they praised her to Pharaoh;
וַתֻּקַּ֥ח הָאִשָּׁ֖ה בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹֽה׃
And the woman was taken for Pharaoh’s household;
12:16
וּלְאַבְרָ֥ם הֵיטִ֖יב בַּעֲבוּרָ֑הּ
And he acted well with Avram on account of her;
וֽ͏ַיְהִי־ל֤וֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר֙ וַחֲמֹרִ֔ים
And so for him there was a flock and a herd,
and he-asses,
וַעֲבָדִים֙ וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת
and menservants, and maidservants,
וַאֲתֹנֹ֖ת וּגְמַלִּֽים׃
and she-asses, and camels;
12:17
וַיְנַגַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה ׀ אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה
But the LORD struck Pharaoh with
נְגָעִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ
great plagues, together with his household,
עַל־דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרַ֖י אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָֽם׃
Over the case of Sarai
the wife of Avram;
12:18
וַיִּקְרָ֤א פַרְעֹה֙ לְאַבְרָ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
Then Pharaoh called Avram, and said:
מַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לִּ֑י
“What is this you have done to me?!
לָ֚מָּה לֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔י כִּ֥י אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ הִֽוא׃
For what reason had you not told me
that she is your wife?”
12:19
לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא
“Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’,
וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
so that I took her for myself as a wife?
וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃
But now, behold your wife, take and go!”
12:20
וַיְצַ֥ו עָלָ֛יו פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים
And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him,
וֽ͏ַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ
And they expelled him together with his wife,
וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ׃
and all that belonged to him;
13:1
וַיַּעַל֩ אַבְרָ֨ם מִמִּצְרַ֜יִם
And Avram went up out of Egypt,
ה֠וּא וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ
himself,
together with his wife and all that belonged to him,
וְל֥וֹט עִמּ֖וֹ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃
And Lot in company with him,
to the desert in the south.
13:2
וְאַבְרָ֖ם כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד
And Avram was very rich,
בַּמִּקְנֶ֕ה בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּבַזָּהָֽב׃
In livestock, in silver and in gold.
13:3
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְמַסָּעָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל
So he proceeded into his journeys from the south,
and as far as Beth-El,
עַד־הַמָּק֗וֹם
Up to that place,
בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הָ֨יָה שָׁ֤ם אהלה אֽ͏ָהֳלוֹ֙
at the beginning, to there where his tent had been,
בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃
between Beth-El and H’Ai,
13:4
אֶל־מְקוֹם֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ
To the place of the altar,
אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שָׂה שָׁ֖ם בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
which he had made there aforetime;
וַיִּקְרָ֥א שָׁ֛ם אַבְרָ֖ם בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃
And there Avram called on the name of the LORD.
13:5
וְגַם־לְל֔וֹט הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָ֑ם
Now also belonging to Lot,
who was going with Avram,
הָיָ֥ה צֹאן־וּבָקָ֖ר וְאֹהָלִֽים׃
there were flocks and herds,
and tent-dwellings;
3:6
וְלֹא־נָשָׂ֥א אֹתָ֛ם הָאָ֖רֶץ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו
But the land did not carry them
so as to dwell together;
כִּֽי־הָיָ֤ה רְכוּשָׁם֙ רָ֔ב
For he had great possessions,
לָשֶׁ֥בֶת יַחְדָּֽו׃ וְלֹ֥א יָֽכְל֖וּ
And they had not been able
to dwell together;
13:7
וֽ͏ַיְהִי־רִ֗יב
So there was strife
בֵּ֚ין רֹעֵ֣י מִקְנֵֽה־אַבְרָ֔ם
between the herdsmen of Avram’s livestock
וּבֵ֖ין רֹעֵ֣י מִקְנֵה־ל֑וֹט
and between the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock;
וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י אָ֖ז יֹשֵׁ֥ב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
And the Canaanites and the Perizzites
at that time were dwelling in the land;
13:8
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל־ל֗וֹט
And so Avram said to Lot:
אַל־נָ֨א תְהִ֤י מְרִיבָה֙
“Please let there not be contention
בֵּינִ֣י [וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ] וּבֵינֶ֔יךָ
between me and between you
וּבֵ֥ין רֹעַ֖י וּבֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֑יךָ
and between my herdsmen
and between your herdsmen:
כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֥ים אַחִ֖ים אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
For we are grown men brothers;”
13:9
הֲלֹ֤א כָל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ
“Is not the whole land before you?
הִפָּ֥רֶד נָ֖א מֵעָלָ֑י
Please separate yourself from me;
אִם־הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל וְאֵימִ֔נָה
If to the left side, then I will go right,
וְאִם־הַיָּמִ֖ין וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃
If to the right side, then I will go left.”
13:10
וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֣וֹט אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו
And Lot lifted his eyes:
וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־כָּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן
And he observed all the plain of the Jordan,
כִּ֥י כֻלָּ֖הּ מַשְׁקֶ֑ה
that all of it was irrigated land
לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ שַׁחֵ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה
— prior to the LORD destroying
אֶת־סְדֹם֙ וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֔ה
Sodom and Gomorrah —
כְּגַן־יְהוָה֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם
like the garden of the LORD,
like the land of Egypt,
בֹּאֲכָ֖ה צֹֽעַר׃
in your heading towards Zoar (Insignificance).
13:11
וַיִּבְחַר־ל֣וֹ ל֗וֹט
And Lot chose for himself
אֵ֚ת כָּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן
the whole plain of the Jordan;
וַיִּסַּ֥ע ל֖וֹט מִקֶּ֑דֶם
And Lot pulled up stakes from earlier times,
וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵעַ֥ל אָחִֽיו׃
And they separated themselves,
a man from his brother.
13:12
אַבְרָ֖ם יָשַׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֑עַן
Avram dwelt in the land of Cana’an;
וְל֗וֹט יָשַׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַכִּכָּ֔ר
But Lot had settled
among the cities of the plain,
וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל עַד־סְדֹֽם׃
And he moved tent as far as Sodom.
13:13
וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י סְדֹ֔ם
And the men of Sodom,
רָעִ֖ים וְחַטָּאִ֑ים
they were bad and sinful;
לַיהוָ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃
Greatly against the LORD.
13:14
וֽ͏ַיהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם
Now the LORD had said to Avram,
אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפָּֽרֶד־ל֣וֹט מֽ͏ֵעִמּ֔וֹ
— after Lot separating from him —
שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה
“Lift now your eyes, and behold,
מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה שָׁ֑ם
from the place, there where you are,
צָפֹ֥נָה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָקֵ֥דְמָה וָיָֽמָּה׃
northward and southward, and eastward and westward:”
13:15
כִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֛רֶץ
“Because the whole land
אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לְךָ֣ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה
that you are seeing, to you I will give it,
וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
and to your seed, unto eternity;”
13:16
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֖ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ
“And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth;
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ אִם־יוּכַ֣ל אִ֗ישׁ לִמְנוֹת֙
Where, if one were able to count
אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ
the dust of the earth,
גַּֽם־זַרְעֲךָ֖ יִמָּנֶֽה׃
also your seed could be counted!”
13:17
ק֚וּם הִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ בָּאָ֔רֶץ
“Arise, walk to and fro in the land,
לְאָרְכָּ֖הּ וּלְרָחְבָּ֑הּ
to the length of it and to the breadth of it;
כִּ֥י לְךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶֽנָּה׃
For to you will I give it.”
13:18
וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם
And Avram moved tent,
וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב
and went and dwelt
בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן
by the Oaks of Mamre,
which were in Hebron;
וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לֽ͏ַיהוָֽה׃ פ
And there he built an altar to the LORD.
Website translation into English by Eddie Van Gent,
together with his wife, Maraea Van Gent (Masters of Humanities in Social Sciences, Majoring in Education)
The Hebrew Masoretic Text is Unicode/XML version 1.3 Leningrad Codex,
Build 26.4 from tanach.us
and the *MAM Aleppo Codex for Genesis 13:8, that has an alternative single yod version, [וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ], edited by Umberto Cassuto
Audio excerpts from
Tanakh audio recording by Rabbi Dan Be’eri
12:10 – 13:18 Hebrew Audio
