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Genesis 13:10

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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ASV

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

KJV

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשָּׂא־vai.yi.sa'-and he lifted upH5375
ל֣וֹטLotLotH3876
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵינָ֗יו'ei.Naveyes hisH5869
וַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'and he sawH7200
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל־kol-allH3605
כִּכַּ֣רki.Kar[the] valley ofH3603
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
כֻלָּ֖הּkhu.Lahall of itH3605
מַשְׁקֶ֑הmash.Keh[was] well-wateredH4945
לִפְנֵ֣י׀lif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
שַׁחֵ֣תsha.ChetdestroyedH7843
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
סְדֹם֙se.DomSodomH5467
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֲמֹרָ֔ה'a.mo.RahGomorrahH6017
כְּגַן־ke.gan-like [the] garden ofH1588
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
כְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzlike [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
בֹּאֲכָ֖הbo.'a.Khahgoing youH935
צֹֽעַר׃Tzo.'arZoarH6820

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain