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Abram Rescues Lot

Genesis 14:12

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
and they take Lot, Abram’s brother’s son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
YLT
and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
DBY
And they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.
DRC
And Lot also, the son of Abram’s brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance.
GNV
They tooke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed.
JPS
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
LXXE
And they took also Lot the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקְח֨וּ אֶת־ל֧וֹט וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁ֛וֹ בֶּן־אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָ֖ם וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְה֥וּא יֹשֵׁ֖ב בִּסְדֹֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἔλαβον δὲ καὶ τὸν Λὼτ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Ἅβραμ, καὶ τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπῴχοντο· ἦν γὰρ κατοικῶν ἐν Σοδόμοις.

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  • Genesis 12:5And 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,
  • Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
  • Genesis 11:27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
  • Jeremiah 2:17–19Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to…
  • Job 9:23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
  • Numbers 16:26And 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.”
  • Genesis 13:12–13Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
  • 1 Timothy 6:9–11Those 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. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By…
  • Revelation 18:4Then 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.

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