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亞伯蘭帶著他的妻子與羅得，並一切所有的，都從埃及上南地去。
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他從南地漸漸往伯特利去，到了伯特利和艾的中間，就是從前支搭帳棚的地方，
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那地容不下他們；因為他們的財物甚多，使他們不能同居。
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當時，迦南人與比利洗人在那地居住。亞伯蘭的牧人和羅得的牧人相爭。
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亞伯蘭就對羅得說：你我不可相爭，你的牧人和我的牧人也不可相爭，因為我們是骨肉(原文作弟兄)。
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遍地不都在你眼前麼？請你離開我：你向左，我就向右；你向右，我就向左。
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羅得舉目看見約但河的全平原，直到瑣珥，都是滋潤的，那地在耶和華未滅所多瑪、蛾摩拉以先如同耶和華的園子，也像埃及地。
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於是羅得選擇約但河的全平原，往東遷移；他們就彼此分離了。
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亞伯蘭住在迦南地，羅得住在平原的城邑，漸漸挪移帳棚，直到所多瑪。
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羅得離別亞伯蘭以後，耶和華對亞伯蘭說：從你所在的地方，你舉目向東西南北觀看；
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凡你所看見的一切地，我都要賜給你和你的後裔，直到永遠。
Napsal(a) Emanuel Swedenborg
Here are some excerpts from Swedenborg's "Arcana Coelestia" that help explain the inner meaning of this chapter:
AC 1535. This chapter treats of the external man in the Lord which was to be conjoined with His internal man. The external man is the Human Essence, the internal is the Divine essence. The former is here represented by Lot, but the latter by Abram.
AC 1536. There is here described the state of the external man such as it was in childhood, when first imbued with knowledges (scientifica et cognitiones)--that it thence advanced more and more to conjunction with the internal man (verses 1 to 4).
AC 1537. But that there were still many things in His external man that impeded the conjunction (verses 5 to 7); from which, however, He desired to be separated (verses 8, 9).
AC 1538. That the external man appeared to the Lord such as it is in its beauty when conjoined with the internal; and also such as it is when not conjoined (verses 10 to 13).)
AC 1539. A promise that when the external man was conjoined with the internal, that is, when the Lord‘s Human Essence "as conjoined with His Divine Essence, all power and authority (potestas) should be given to Him (verses 14 to 17). Concerning the Lord’s interior perception (verse 18).
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