Genesis 13:12

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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In The King James Version

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

In Context

11So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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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