And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 13:11 - English Standard Version 2016 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. Matoleo zaidiKing 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. |
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.”
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
“On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; to the eastern sea and as far as Tamar. This shall be the east side.
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.