Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan towards Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 13:11 - New International Version (Anglicised) So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out towards the east. The two men parted company: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and [he] traveled east. So they separated. American Standard Version (1901) So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Common English Bible So Lot chose for himself the entire Jordan Valley. Lot set out toward the east, and they separated from each other. Catholic Public Domain Version And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan towards Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, ‘Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.
Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.’
As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, ‘Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!’
I say of the holy people who are in the land, ‘They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.’
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you – better a neighbour nearby than a relative far away.
On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honour the emperor.