They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Parallel translations
- WEB They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- KJV And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- BSB They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
- NASB They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.
- NLT They also captured Lot—Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
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Quick answer
They captured Lot and his goods because he lived in Sodom. His worldly choice brings him into captivity.
Overview
Lot is taken prisoner along with his possessions, the direct consequence of having settled in Sodom. The narrator pointedly notes that he 'lived in Sodom,' linking his plight to his earlier choice by sight. His captivity becomes the occasion for Abram's faith-driven rescue.
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- Gen 12:5Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Gen 11:27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
- Rev 18:4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
- Jer 2:17–19“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
- Num 16:26He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
- Gen 13:12–13Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- Job 9:23If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
- 1 Tim 6:9–11But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
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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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