Genesis 14:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.”
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“They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 14:12 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- 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,
- Genesis 13:12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- 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.”
- Job 9:23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those 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.
- Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 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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