Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:
New American Standard Bible
So Lot chose for himself all 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.
Holman Bible
So Lot chose the entire Jordan Valley for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.
International Standard Version
So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan plain. Then Lot traveled eastward, and they separated from each other.
A Conservative Version
So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
American Standard Version
So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Amplified
Then Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and he traveled east. So they separated from each other.
Bible in Basic English
So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.
Julia Smith Translation
And Lot shall choose to him all the environs of Jordan: and Lot will remove from the east and they shall be separated each from his brother.
King James 2000
Then Lot chose all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed from the east, and so they separated {from each other}.
Modern King James verseion
And Lot chose all the circuit of Jordan for himself. And Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves from one another.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Lot chose all the coasts of Jordan and took his journey from the east. And so departed the one brother from the other.
NET Bible
Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.
New Heart English Bible
So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
The Emphasized Bible
And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards, - and they separated themselves, each man from his brother:
Webster
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
World English Bible
So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion;
Themes
Covetousness » Instances of » Lot, in choosing the plain of the jordan
Jordan, the river » The plains of » Chosen by lot for a residence
Lot » Life summarized » Made a worldly choice
Lot » The son of haran » Separates from abraham, and locates in sodom
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of fertile fields
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 13:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parting Of Abram And Lot
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar. 11 And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other: 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.
Cross References
Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if to the left, then I will take the right; and if to the right, then I will take the left.
Genesis 13:14
And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou perish.
Psalm 16:3
To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.
Psalm 119:63
I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Hebrews 10:25
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom is with some; but encouraging one another, and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.
1 Peter 2:17
Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.