And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
WEB
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
YLT
and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
DBT
And they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)