Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
- BSB So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
- NKJV Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
- NASB So Lot chose for himself all the vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.
- NLT Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.
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Quick answer
Lot chose the Jordan plain and they separated. His self-serving choice moves him toward danger.
Overview
Lot takes the seemingly best land for himself and parts from Abram, traveling east. The separation, while peaceful, marks Lot's gradual drift toward Sodom and trouble. His choice contrasts with Abram's faith-filled deference, illustrating the difference between living by sight and living by promise.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Gen 13:9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
- Prov 27:10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
- Heb 10:25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
- 1 Pet 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- Ps 119:63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
- Gen 13:14And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
- Ps 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Gen 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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