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Genesis 13:11

LotPlain of Jordan
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9 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.

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

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BSB
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
KJV
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
WEB
So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.
ASV
So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
DARBY
And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:
BLB
And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed toward the east. And they separated, a man from his brother.
ÅB
Og Lot valgte for seg hele Jordan-sletten. Så dro Lot østover, og de skiltes fra hverandre.
OTB
Så valgte Lot for seg selv hele Jordan-sletten, og dro østover. Slik skiltes de.
B1930
Og Lot valgte for sig hele Jordan-sletten. Så drog Lot østover, og de skiltes fra hverandre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 13:9

    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.

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  • Hebrews 10:25

    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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  • Proverbs 27:10

    Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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  • 1 Peter 2:17

    Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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  • Genesis 13:14

    And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

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  • Psalms 16:3

    But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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  • Genesis 19:17

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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