Genesis 14:12
New International Version
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

New Living Translation
They also captured Lot—Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.

English Standard Version
They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.

Berean Standard Bible
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

King James Bible
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

New King James Version
They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

New American Standard Bible
They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.

NASB 1995
They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.

NASB 1977
And they also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.

Legacy Standard Bible
They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed; now he was living in Sodom.

Amplified Bible
And they also took [captive] Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and left, for he was living in Sodom.

Christian Standard Bible
They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.

American Standard Version
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they took Lot, son of the brother of Abram, and his possessions, and they went and he dwelt in Sadom.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they took also Lot the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.

Contemporary English Version
They also captured Abram's nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom. They took him and his possessions and then left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Lot also, the son of Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance.

English Revised Version
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They also took Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions since he was living in Sodom.

Good News Translation
Lot, Abram's nephew, was living in Sodom, so they took him and all his possessions.

International Standard Version
They also took Abram's nephew Lot captive, and confiscated his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Literal Standard Version
and they take Lot, Abram’s brother’s son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

Majority Standard Bible
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

New American Bible
They took with them Abram’s nephew Lot, who had been living in Sodom, as well as his possessions, and departed.

NET Bible
They also took Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

New Revised Standard Version
they also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

New Heart English Bible
They also took Lot, Abram�s brother�s son, who lived in Sodom, and his possessions, and departed.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

World English Bible
They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Young's Literal Translation
and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Lot Seized by the Four Kings
11The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way. 12They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

Cross References
Genesis 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

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.

Genesis 14:11
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Lot.

Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

who.

Genesis 13:12,13
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom…

Numbers 16:26
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

Job 9:23
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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Genesis 14
1. The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.
12. Lot is taken prisoner.
14. Abram rescues him.
17. Melchizedek blesses Abram, who gives him tithes.
21. Abram restores the rest of the spoil to the king of Sodom.














Verse 12. - And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom. The last view of Lot saw him driving off his flocks and herds from Bethel. It betokens a considerable declension in spiritual life to behold him a citizen of Sodom. And his goods (all the property he had acquired through his selfish choice of the Jordan circle), and departed.

CHAPTER 14:13-16

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They also carried off
וַיִּקְח֨וּ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

Abram’s
אַבְרָ֖ם (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

nephew
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

Lot
ל֧וֹט (lō·wṭ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3876: Lot -- Abraham's nephew

and his possessions,
רְכֻשׁ֛וֹ (rə·ḵu·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7399: Property, goods

since he
וְה֥וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was living
יֹשֵׁ֖ב (yō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in Sodom.
בִּסְדֹֽם׃ (bis·ḏōm)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea


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