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1. And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south of Canaan.

2. And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.

3. And he went on his journeys from the south, even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai,

4. To the place of the altar which he had made there at the first. And Abram called on the name of the LORD there.

5. And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might live together, for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

7. And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land.

8. And Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brethren.

9. Is not the whole land before you? I pray you, separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”

10. And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was all well watered—before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.

11. And Lot chose all the plain of Jordan for himself. And Lot journeyed east; thus, they separated themselves from one another.

12. Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD, exceedingly so.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 亞伯蘭因此離開埃及，帶著妻子和財產，還有羅得，前往迦南地的南面地方。

2. 亞伯蘭財富有牲畜並金和銀。

3. 他坐南起行，到了伯特利，那是起初搭帳篷的地方，位置在伯特利和艾之間。

4. 那地築了一壇，是以耶和華為名。

5. 羅得，是跟隨亞伯蘭離開，也有他自己的牛羊和帳篷。

6. 那地容不下他們，因為他們的財物多得無法容納。

7. 另一個緣因是亞伯蘭在放牧時，常與當地牧民發生衝突。當中包括迦南人和比利洗人，都住在這塊土地上。

8. 於是亞伯蘭對羅得說：為了避免你我之間，以及你的牧人和別的牧人之間所發生的磨擦，緣因是都屬弟兄。

9. 面前的一大片土地，若願意我們可以分開。你若向左，我就向右；你若向右，我就向左。

10. 羅得舉目觀看，約旦河這塊平原，水源充足，那地名瑣珥，當中有將會被毀滅的城，是所多瑪和俄摩拉的位置。那地就像一座密封的花園。

11. 羅得選擇這約旦平原，便朝東方向進發，與亞伯蘭分開。

12. 亞伯蘭就留在迦南地，羅得就住在處於平原的城鄉，居所面向所多瑪。

13. 所多瑪的人有許多不良份子，十分不悅耶和華。

法老既與亞伯蘭解除了婚約，以他的人品胸襟並沒有為難也沒有收回嫁妝，一切放行。亞伯蘭有錯，卻沒有害人之心，是環境使然。一位在患難中仍不失不傷人以自保之心，看來耶和華喜悅這人的決定。

他帶著一眾人等離開，朝回家的路上，是第二次轉回。

回到他起初的伯特利，離開時一無所有，回歸時身家滿滿。也許是當時的地理環境使然，牧養要帶牧群走一段路去喂養 (那是環境的現實)，為此顯得牧地不足，因此在這生存問題上引起紛爭。

當時的亞伯蘭是有財有勢之人，卻沒有因為財大氣疏，做一些出格的事。與羅得商量分他一半身家，各行各路，避免與原居民產生爭執。對有錢人而言，是在人性當中一種自控得以自重的人性，是相信耶和華守約而來的一份信心。

羅得沒有亞伯蘭這份對耶和華的信心，就沒有所謂憑信，也不用憑信去作出選擇。人一般在選擇的時候，都從對有利自己的理解去決定，這是生存的一種機制，正常不過。只是，亞伯蘭因為有信，曉得無論到那處，看似不利於己，只因為有信，耶和華會為他舖平道路，就如法老事件得來的領受，這次更有信心作出不利自己的犧牲，去尋求更大的福氣。

Bethel  is widely identified by scholars with the modern-day village of   Beitin, located in the West Bank about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) northeast of Ramallah and approximately 10 miles north of Jerusalem.  This identification is supported by historical sources like Eusebius and Jerome, who described Bethel as being 12 Roman miles from Jerusalem, a distance consistent with Beitin. Archaeological excavations at Beitin reveal a city inhabited from around 2000 BCE through the Byzantine period, with evidence of a sacred site and ritual activity. The site is associated with key biblical events, including Abraham’s altar and Jacob’s dream of the ladder (Genesis 28). In 1977, the biblical name Bethel was applied to the nearby Israeli settlement of Beit El, founded in the same region. 

Ai   is traditionally linked to the archaeological site of   et-Tell, located just over one mile east of Beitin.  This site was identified as Ai by 19th-century scholars like Edward Robinson and W.F. Albright, based on its proximity to Bethel and its prominence in the landscape. However, excavations at et-Tell revealed a large, fortified city from the Early Bronze Age (c. 3100–2400 BCE), destroyed long before the time of Abraham or Joshua. The site remained uninhabited until a small Iron Age I village (c. 1200–1000 BCE) briefly occupied it—too late for the biblical conquest under Joshua. This has led many scholars to view the biblical account of Ai’s conquest as an etiological myth, possibly explaining the place name “Ai” (meaning “ruin”) by linking it to the earlier, destroyed city.  Some alternative theories suggest Ai may have been located near el-Bireh, which lies on the natural boundary between the tribes of Benjamin and Ephraim, and is more strategically positioned along major ancient roads. 

Despite the archaeological challenges, the biblical narrative consistently places   Bethel and Ai as neighboring cities, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east, a geographical relationship that aligns with the modern locations of Beitin and et-Tell.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Canaanite-religion  Canaanite religion, beliefs and practices prevalent in ancient Palestine and Syria during the 2nd and 1st  millennia  bc, centring primarily on the deities  El, Baal, and  Anath  (qq.v.). From time to time it subverted the essential monotheism of the Israelites after they occupied Canaan, the Promised Land of the Old Testament.