Genesis 13:12
10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11 So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- KJV
- Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- WEB
- Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- ASV
- Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- DARBY
- Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.
- BLB
- Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched [his] tent toward Sodom.
- ÅB
- Abram ble boende i Kana'ans land, og Lot bodde i byene på sletten og dro med sine telt like bort til Sodoma.
- OTB
- Abram bodde i Kanaans land, mens Lot bodde blant byene på sletten og slo opp sine telt nær Sodoma.
- B1930
- Abram blev boende i Kana'ans land, og Lot bodde i byene på sletten og drog med sine telt like bort til Sodoma.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Read in contextGenesis 19:1
Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
Read in contextGenesis 14:12
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in contextGenesis 19:25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
Read in context2 Peter 2:7–8
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
Read in contextPsalms 26:5
I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
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