Genesis 13:12
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.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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.
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:
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
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Read in contextGenesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Read in contextGenesis 14:12
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Read in contextGenesis 19:25
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Read in context2 Peter 2:7–8
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
Read in contextPsalms 26:5
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
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