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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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשָּׂא־ | vai.yi.sa'- | and he lifted up | H5375 → |
| ל֣וֹט | Lot | Lot | H3876 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֵינָ֗יו | 'ei.Nav | eyes his | H5869 → |
| וַיַּרְא֙ | vai.yaR' | and he saw | H7200 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| כִּכַּ֣ר | ki.Kar | [the] valley of | H3603 → |
| הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן | hai.yar.Den | the Jordan | H3383 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| כֻלָּ֖הּ | khu.Lah | all of it | H3605 → |
| מַשְׁקֶ֑ה | mash.Keh | [was] well-watered | H4945 → |
| לִפְנֵ֣י׀ | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| שַׁחֵ֣ת | sha.Chet | destroyed | H7843 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| סְדֹם֙ | se.Dom | Sodom | H5467 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֲמֹרָ֔ה | 'a.mo.Rah | Gomorrah | H6017 → |
| כְּגַן־ | ke.gan- | like [the] garden of | H1588 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| כְּאֶ֣רֶץ | ke.'E.retz | like [the] land of | H776 → |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
| בֹּאֲכָ֖ה | bo.'a.Khah | going you | H935 → |
| צֹֽעַר׃ | Tzo.'ar | Zoar | H6820 → |
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