Genesis 14:12

They also captured Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions, because he was living in Sodom.

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In The King James Version

And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

In Context

11The invaders took from Sodom and Gomorrah all their possessions and food and left.

13But one of those captured escaped and went and told Abram the Hebrew what had happened. Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, whose brothers were Eshcol and Aner. All of them were Abram's allies.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and settled there.

Genesis 13:12Abram went to live in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled down among the towns in the valley, setting up his tents near Sodom.

Job 9:23When disaster strikes suddenly he mocks the despair of the innocent.

1 Timothy 6:9Those who are determined to become rich fall into the trap of temptation, following many foolish and damaging impulses.

Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven calling out, “My people, come out of her, so that you don't participate in her sinful ways, and so that you don't experience her plagues.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:2-13

Lot Taken Captive. ( b. c. 1913.) 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the… Read the whole commentary →

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