Genesis 14:12
10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
13 Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
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
- They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
- KJV
- And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- WEB
- They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- ASV
- And they took Lot, Abram`s brother`s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- DARBY
- And they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.
- BLB
- And they took Lot, son of Abram's brother, and his goods, and they departed; and he was dwelling in Sodom.
- ÅB
- De tok også med seg Abrams brorsønn Lot og hans gods og dro bort; for han bodde i Sodoma.
- OTB
- De tok også med seg Lot, Abrams nevø, og hans eiendeler, for han bodde i Sodoma.
- B1930
- De tok også med sig Abrams brorsønn Lot og hans gods og drog bort; for han bodde i Sodoma.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
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This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Read in contextRevelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Read in contextGenesis 13:12–13
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
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When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Read in contextRevelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
Read in contextNumbers 16:26
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–11
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
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