Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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:
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 well watered everywhere (before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou go to Zoar. 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
Cross References
Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Genesis 13:14
And LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou are, northward and southward and eastward and westward.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, do not look behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Psalm 16:3
As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
Psalm 119:63
I am a companion of all those who fear thee, and of those who observe thy precepts.
Proverbs 27:10
Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.
1 Peter 2:17
Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.