Genesis 13:13

(But the men of Sodom were very wicked and sinned against the Lord.)

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

In Context

12Abram lived in the land of Canaan and Lot lived in the cities of the plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

14The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had gone away from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are northward, southward, eastward and westward,

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11God saw that the earth was corrupt and full of violence.

Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation they return here again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

Genesis 19:4But before they had lain down, the people of Sodom, both young and old, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.

Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s eldest son, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord took his life.

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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