Parallel Verses
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.
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 the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as a garden of the LORD like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 So Lot chose for himself all the
Cross References
Genesis 13:9
Is 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.
Genesis 13:14
And the LORD said unto Abram, after Lot separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art towards the Aquilon and to the Negev and to the east and to the west;
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass as they brought them forth outside, that he said, Escape; for thy soul, do not look behind thee, neither stop thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Psalm 16:3
to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them.
Psalm 119:63
I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, 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.
Hebrews 10:25
not forsaking our gathering together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more, when ye see that day approaching.
1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.