## Genesis Chapter 13

###### Genesis 13:1
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וַיַּ֩עַל֩ אַבְרָ֨ם מִמִּצְרַ֜יִם ה֠וּא וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹ וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְל֥וֹט עִמּ֖וֹ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram went up from Egypt; he, his wife, and all that he had, together with Lot into the south.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram went up out of Miżrayim, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that was with him, and Lot with him to the south [of Eretz Yisrael].


###### Genesis 13:2
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וְאַבְרָ֖ם כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד בַּמִּקְנֶ֕ה בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּבַזָּהָֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram was very wealthy in livestock, silver and gold.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram was very heavy, with kine, with silver and with gold.


###### Genesis 13:3
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וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְמַסָּעָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל עַד־הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָ֨יָה שָׁ֤ם אׇֽהֳלֹה֙ בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He continued on his travels from the south to Beis-Eil, until the place where he originally had [*set up*] his tent, between Beis-Eil and Ai.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he went on his journeys from the Negev even to Bet-el, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bet-el and ῾Ay;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he went on his travels, [from Egypt, stopping in the same inns as when he had journeyed there (whence we derive that one should not vary his lodgings)] from the south [Egypt being south of Canaan] until Bethel, until the place where his tent was in the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.


###### Genesis 13:4
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אֶל־מְקוֹם֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שָׂה שָׁ֖ם בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֥א שָׁ֛ם אַבְרָ֖ם בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
To the site of the altar which he made there at first; and there Avram called [*prayed*] in the Name of Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Avram called on the name of the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To the place of the altar which he had made there at first, where Avram had called upon the name of the L-rd.


###### Genesis 13:5
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וְגַ֨ם־לְל֔וֹט הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָ֑ם הָיָ֥ה צֹאן־וּבָקָ֖ר וְאֹהָלִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lot who accompanied Avram also had sheep, cattle and tents.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Lot also, who went with Avram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And also unto Lot, who went with Avram [— because he went with Avram] there were flocks and herds, and tents.


###### Genesis 13:6
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וְלֹא־נָשָׂ֥א אֹתָ֛ם הָאָ֖רֶץ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו כִּֽי־הָיָ֤ה רְכוּשָׁם֙ רָ֔ב וְלֹ֥א יָֽכְל֖וּ לָשֶׁ֥בֶת יַחְדָּֽו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The land was unable to support them that they might dwell together, for their wealth was so great that they were unable to dwell together.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the [pasturage of the] land did not suffice for them to dwell together, for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.


###### Genesis 13:7
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וַֽיְהִי־רִ֗יב בֵּ֚ין רֹעֵ֣י מִקְנֵֽה־אַבְרָ֔ם וּבֵ֖ין רֹעֵ֣י מִקְנֵה־ל֑וֹט וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י אָ֖ז יֹשֵׁ֥ב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
There was a quarrel between the herdsmen of Avram’s flocks and the herdsmen of Lot’s flocks. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were then living in the land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Avram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Kena῾ani and the Perizzi dwelt then in the land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And there was a dispute between Avram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen [the former rebuking the latter for allowing their flocks to graze in others' fields, the latter arguing that there was no theft in this in that the land belonged to Lot, Avram's sole heir.] But [(states Scripture)] the Canaani and the Perizi then dwelt in the land, [so that Avram not yet having taken possession of the land, the practice of Lot's herdsmen did, indeed, constitute theft.]


###### Genesis 13:8
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל־ל֗וֹט אַל־נָ֨א תְהִ֤י מְרִיבָה֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ וּבֵ֥ין רֹעַ֖י וּבֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֥ים אַחִ֖ים אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram said to Lot: Please [*Now*], let there not be strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram said to Lot: Let there not be a dispute between me and you, and between my herdsmen and yours, for we are kinsmen.


###### Genesis 13:9
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הֲלֹ֤א כׇל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הִפָּ֥רֶד נָ֖א מֵעָלָ֑י אִם־הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל וְאֵימִ֔נָה וְאִם־הַיָּמִ֖ין וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Is not all the land before you? Please [*Now*] separate from me, if [you go] to the left [*north*], I [will go] to the right [*south*], and if [you go] to the right [*south*], I [will go] to the left [*north*].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is not the whole land before you? Part, I pray you, from me. If you go to the left, I will be at your right [to defend you]; and if you go to the right, I will be at your left.


###### Genesis 13:10
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וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֣וֹט אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־כׇּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י כֻלָּ֖הּ מַשְׁקֶ֑ה לִפְנֵ֣י**׀** שַׁחֵ֣ת יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־סְדֹם֙ וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֔ה כְּגַן־יְהֹוָה֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בֹּאֲכָ֖ה צֹֽעַר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lot raised his eyes and saw the entire Jordan Plain, that it was [*an*] abundantly watered [*place*]; before Adonoy destroyed Sedom and Amorah, it was like Adonoy’s garden, like the land of Egypt, going towards Zoar.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Yarden, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sedom and ῾Amora, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Miżrayim, as thou comest to Żo῾ar.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Lot lifted his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, it being all watered [with streams]. Before the L-rd destroyed Sodom and Amorah, it was like the Garden of the L-rd, like the land of Egypt [for sowing] until Tzoar.


###### Genesis 13:11
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וַיִּבְחַר־ל֣וֹ ל֗וֹט אֵ֚ת כׇּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיִּסַּ֥ע ל֖וֹט מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵעַ֥ל אָחִֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lot chose for himself the entire Jordan Plain; Lot journeyed from the east [*before*], and they separated one from another.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Lot chose him all the plain of the Yarden; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves one from the other.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Lot chose for himself the entire plain of the Jordan, and Lot traveled from the east [of Avram, going west], and they parted, one from the other.


###### Genesis 13:12
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אַבְרָ֖ם יָשַׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֑עַן וְל֗וֹט יָשַׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל עַד־סְדֹֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram lived in the land of Canaan; and Lot lived in the cities of the Plain, setting up his tents as far as Sedom.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Avram dwelt in the land of Kena῾an, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sedom.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Avram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched tents [for his herdsmen and his herds] until Sodom.


###### Genesis 13:13
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וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י סְדֹ֔ם רָעִ֖ים וְחַטָּאִ֑ים לַיהֹוָ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The people of Sedom were wicked [*with their property*] and sinful [*with their bodies*] towards [*before*] Adonoy, exceedingly.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the men of Sedom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the people of Sodom were evil [with their bodies] and sinful [with their wealth] to the L-rd exceedingly, [in spite of which Lot did not forbear living among them].


###### Genesis 13:14
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וַֽיהֹוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפָּֽרֶד־ל֣וֹט מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה שָׁ֑ם צָפֹ֥נָה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָקֵ֥דְמָה וָיָֽמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Avram after Lot had separated from him: Raise your eyes and look about from the place where you are, to the north, to the south to the east and to the west.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Avram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thy eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Avram after Lot departed from him [(the Word not coming to him so long as that evil one was with him)]: Raise your eyes, now, and see, from the place where you are — north, south, east, and west.


###### Genesis 13:15
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כִּ֧י אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לְךָ֣ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For all the land that you see I give to you and to your descendants forever.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For all the land that you see, to you shall I give it, and to your seed forever.


###### Genesis 13:16
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וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֖ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר**׀** אִם־יוּכַ֣ל אִ֗ישׁ לִמְנוֹת֙ אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ גַּֽם־זַרְעֲךָ֖ יִמָּנֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will make your descendants [*numerous*] as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your descendants too will be countable [*just as it is impossible for a man to count the dust of the earth, so too your descendants will not be countable*].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth — so that just as the dust of the earth cannot be counted, so your seed will not be counted.


###### Genesis 13:17
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ק֚וּם הִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ בָּאָ֔רֶץ לְאׇרְכָּ֖הּ וּלְרׇחְבָּ֑הּ כִּ֥י לְךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶֽנָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Rise, walk through the land—its length and breadth—for to you I will give it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise, walk in the land, in its length and its breadth, for to you shall I give it.


###### Genesis 13:18
[Genesis 13:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/13:18)

וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram set up his tent, and he came and settled in the Plains of Mamrei which are in Chevron, and he built there an altar to [*before*] Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Avram removed his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which is in Ḥevron, and built there an altar to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram pitched his tent, and he came and he dwelt in the plains of [the man] Mamre, in Chevron, and he built there an altar to the L-rd.