¹ 主はモーセに言われた、

² 「イスラエルの人々に命じて言いなさい。あなたがたがカナンの地にはいるとき、あなたがたの嗣業となるべき地はカナンの地で、その全域は次のとおりである。

³ 南の方はエドムに接するチンの荒野に始まり、南の境は、東は塩の海の端に始まる。

⁴ その境はアクラビムの坂の南を巡ってチンに向かい、カデシ・バルネアの南に至り、ハザル・アダルに進み、アズモンに及ぶ。

⁵ その境はまたアズモンから転じてエジプトの川に至り、海に及んで尽きる。

⁶ 西の境はおおうみとその沿岸で、これがあなたがたの西の境である。

⁷ あなたがたの北の境は次のとおりである。すなわちおおうみからホル山まで線を引き、

⁸ ホル山からハマテの入口まで線を引き、その境をゼダデに至らせ、

⁹ またその境はジフロンに進み、ハザル・エノンに至って尽きる。これがあなたがたの北の境である。

¹⁰ あなたがたの東の境は、ハザル・エノンからシパムまで線を引き、

¹¹ またその境はアインの東の方で、シパムからリブラに下り、またその境は下ってキンネレテの海の東の斜面に至り、

¹² またその境はヨルダンに下り、塩の海に至って尽きる。あなたがたの国の周囲の境は以上のとおりである」。

¹³ モーセはイスラエルの人々に命じて言った、「これはあなたがたが、くじによって継ぐべき地である。主はこれを九つの部族と半部族とに与えよと命じられた。

¹⁴ それはルベンの子孫の部族とガドの子孫の部族とが共に父祖の家にしたがって、すでにその嗣業を受け、またマナセの半部族もその嗣業を受けていたからである。

¹⁵ この二つの部族と半部族とはエリコに近いヨルダンのかなた、すなわち東の方、日の出る方で、その嗣業を受けた」。

¹⁶ 主はまたモーセに言われた、

¹⁷ 「あなたがたに、嗣業として地を分け与える人々の名は次のとおりである。すなわち祭司エレアザルと、ヌンの子ヨシュアとである。

¹⁸ あなたがたはまた、おのおの部族から、つかさひとりずつを選んで、地を分け与えさせなければならない。

¹⁹ その人々の名は次のとおりである。すなわちユダの部族ではエフンネの子カレブ、

²⁰ シメオンの子孫の部族ではアミホデの子サムエル、

²¹ ベニヤミンの部族ではキスロンの子エリダデ、

²² ダンの子孫の部族ではヨグリの子つかさブッキ、

²³ ヨセフの子孫、すなわちマナセの部族ではエポデの子つかさハニエル、

²⁴ エフライムの子孫の部族ではシフタンの子つかさケムエル、

²⁵ ゼブルンの子孫の部族ではパルナクの子つかさエリザパン、

²⁶ イッサカルの子孫の部族ではアザンの子つかさパルテエル、

²⁷ アセルの子孫の部族ではシロミの子つかさアヒウデ、

²⁸ ナフタリの子孫の部族では、アミホデの子つかさパダヘル。

²⁹ カナンの地でイスラエルの人々に嗣業を分け与えることを主が命じられた人々は以上のとおりである」。

¹ It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

² that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).

³ All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

⁴ Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

⁵ In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

⁶ and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

⁷ They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

⁸ The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

⁹ against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

¹⁰ Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.

¹¹ They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

¹² They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

¹³ One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

¹⁴ When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

¹⁵ He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

¹⁶ He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

¹⁷ The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

¹⁸ Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

¹⁹ He blessed him, and said, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

²⁰ and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.

²¹ The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

²² Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

²³ that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

²⁴ I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."