Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

In Context

12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tents, till close to Sodom.

14And the Lord said unto Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thy eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11And the earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 15:16Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.

Genesis 19:4But before they had lain down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Genesis 38:7And 'Er, Judah's first-born, was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.

1 Samuel 15:18And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and destroy the sinners, the 'Amalekites, and thou shalt fight against them until they be consumed.

Isaiah 1:9Unless the Lord of hosts had left unto us a remnant ever so small, like Sodom should we have been, unto Gomorrah should we have been compared.

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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