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Genesis 13:12

in Genesis 13

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

KJV

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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This verse in Genesis 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan,.... In that part of the land strictly so called, where the family of the Canaanites had their abode; for otherwise taking Canaan in a more general sense, the plain of Jordan, and cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, were in the land of Canaan.

This site's exposition

pitched his tent toward Sodom

on Genesis 13:12-13

The move happens by degrees. He pitches his tent toward Sodom, lives in Sodom by 14:12, and sits in the gate by 19:1, where a city did its business. The next verse says what the place was, that the men of Sodom sinned greatly against the LORD.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

From the east, 20 This is I.E.’s translation of va-yissa lot mi-kedem (and Lot journeyed east).
Ibn Ezra: Spain, 1089–1167 · Ibn Ezra on Genesis 13:11:1, via Sefaria, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אַבְרָ֖םAbram

    ʾavramH87 →61 times

  • יָשַׁ֣בhe dwelt

    yashavH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּאֶֽרֶץ־in [the] land of

    beeretz-H776 →2504 times

  • כְּנָ֑עַןCanaan

    kenaanH3667 →94 times

  • וְל֗וֹטand Lot

    velotH3876 →33 times

  • יָשַׁב֙he dwelt

    yashavH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּעָרֵ֣יin [the] cities of

    beareiH5892 →1090 times

  • הַכִּכָּ֔רthe valley

    hakikarH3603 →68 times

  • וַיֶּאֱהַ֖לand he moved tent

    vaiyeehalH167 →

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • סְדֹֽם׃Sodom

    sedomH5467 →39 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.6 worksGenesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,5 worksGenesis 14:12They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.5 worksGenesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.4 works1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”2 worksPsalms 26:5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 19:25Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.2 works2 Peter 2:7–8and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 15:33

    Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 13:20

      He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

    • Matthew 24:4

      Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

    • 1 Corinthians 5:6

      Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

    • Proverbs 9:6

      Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

    • Ephesians 5:6

      Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

  • Through

    Genesis 19:1

    Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

    it leads to

    • Genesis 18:22

      And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

    • Hebrews 13:2

      Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

    • Genesis 18:1–5

      Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 13 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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