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Lot Proceeds toward Sodom

Genesis 13:11

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
and Lot chooses for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeys from the east, and they are parted—a man from his companion;
YLT
and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted — a man from his companion;
DBY
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:
DRC
And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.
GNV
Then Lot chose vnto him all the plaine of Iorden, and tooke his iourney from the East: and they departed the one from the other.
JPS
So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.
LXXE
And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּבְחַר־ל֣וֹ ל֗וֹט אֵ֚ת כָּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיִּסַּ֥ע ל֖וֹט מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵעַ֥ל אָחִֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ Λὼτ πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου· καὶ ἀπῇρε Λὼτ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν· καὶ διεχωρίσθησαν ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

👤 Lot📍 Plain of Jordan◆ Abraham and Lot Separate

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 13:9Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
  • Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
  • 1 Peter 2:17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
  • Hebrews 10:25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
  • Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
  • Genesis 13:14After 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,
  • Genesis 19:17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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