Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan and traveled east, and the relatives separated from each other.

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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

10So Lot looked around, and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere all the way to Zoar, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt. This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived among the cities of the plain. He set up his tents as far away as Sodom.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:14Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had departed from him, “Look from the place where you are standing to the north, south, east, and west.

Psalms 16:3As for the holy people who are on the earth, they are noble people; all my delight is in them. 1

Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, 1 and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. 1 Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away. 1

1 Peter 2:17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor 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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