Genesis 13:11

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

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In The King James Version

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

In Context

10And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

12Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:14And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

Proverbs 27:10Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

1 Peter 2:17Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:11-14

Lot's Removal to Sodom. ( b. c. 1917.) 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord , like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13… Read the whole commentary →

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