Ukubuyela eSibingelelweni

Ubutyebi benza abalusi baka-Abram nabakaLot baxabane, ngoko u-Abram uvumela unyana womninawa wakhe akhethe kuqala. ULot uthabatha ithafa laseJordan elinkcenkceshelwe kakuhle, afudukele ngaseSodom. Eshiyeke noko kuseleyo, u-Abram uxelelwa nguBawo wethu ukuba akhangele macala onke: konke koba kokwembewu yakhe.

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Wenyuka uAbram evela eGibhithe esiya eNegebhi, yena nomkakhe, nako konke anako, noLot ekunye naye. UAbram ke wayesele esisityebi esikhulu ngemfuyo, ngesilivere, nangegolide. Wahamba ngezigaba evela eNegebhi esiya eBheteli, kuloo ndawo iphakathi kweBheteli neAyi, apho yayikade imi khona intente yakhe, nalapho wayeqale wakha khona isibingelelo. Apho uAbram wanqula egameni likaBawo wethu. NoLot, owayehamba noAbram, naye wayenemihlambi yezimvu neyeenkomo neentente. Ilizwe lalingenakubaxhasa behlala kunye; impahla yabo yayininzi kakhulu ukuba bangahlala kunye. Kwavela ingxabano phakathi kwabalusi bakaAbram nabalusi bakaLot. AmaKanan namaPerizi ayehlala kwelo zwe ngelo xesha. UAbram wathi kuLot: “Masingaxabani—mna nawe, nokuba ngabalusi bakho nabam—kuba singabazalwana. Alilo na lonke ilizwe eliphambi kwakho? Khawuzahlule kum: ukuba uya ngasekhohlo, ndoya ngasekunene; ukuba uya ngasekunene, ndoya ngasekhohlo.”

ULot waphakamisa amehlo wabona ukuba lonke ithafa laseJordan elisingise eZowari lalinkcenkceshelwe kakuhle yonke indawo—njengomyezo kaBawo wethu, njengelizwe laseGibhithe. (Oku kwakungaphambi kokuba uBawo wethu azitshabalalise iSodom neGomora.). ULot wazikhethela lonke ithafa laseJordan, waza wahamba esiya ngasempumalanga; bahlukana bobabini. UAbram wahlala kwilizwe laseKanan; uLot wahlala phakathi kwezixeko zethafa, waza wamisa iintente zakhe kude kufike eSodom. Abantu baseSodom ke babengendawo, besona kakhulu kuBawo wethu.

Emva kokuba uLot ahlukene naye, uBawo wethu wathi kuAbram: “Phakamisa amehlo apho umi khona ujonge ngasentla, nangasezantsi, nangasempumalanga, nangasentshonalanga. Kuba lonke ilizwe olibonayo ndiya kulinika wena nabantwana bakho ngonaphakade. Ndiya kubenza abantwana bakho babe njengothuli lomhlaba—ukuba uthuli lomhlaba lunokubalwa, nabantwana bakho bangabalwa. Vuka, uhambe ubude nobubanzi belizwe, kuba ndilinika wena.”

UAbram wamisa iintente zakhe, waya wahlala ngasemithini emikhulu yaseMamre eHebron, waza wakhela uBawo wethu isibingelelo apho.