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Genesis 13:10-13

10And Lotל֣וֹטLotH3876lifted upוַיִּשָּׂא־vai.yi.sa'-H5375his eyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,and beheldוַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'H7200all the plainכִּכַּ֣רki.KarH3603of Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383, that it waswell wateredמַשְׁקֶ֑הmash.KehH4945every where, beforeלִפְנֵ֣י׀lif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068destroyedשַׁחֵ֣תsha.ChetH7843Sodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467and Gomorrahעֲמֹרָ֔ה'a.mo.RahH6017, evenas the gardenכְּגַן־ke.gan-H1588of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,like the landכְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,as thou comestבֹּאֲכָ֖הbo.'a.KhahH935unto Zoarצֹֽעַר׃Tzo.'arH6820.

11Then Lotל֗וֹטLotH3876choseוַיִּבְחַר־vai.yiv.char-H977him all the plainכִּכַּ֣רki.KarH3603of Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383;and Lotל֖וֹטLotH3876journeyedוַיִּסַּ֥עvai.yi.Sa'H5265eastמִקֶּ֑דֶםmi.Ke.demH6924:and they separated themselvesוַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּvai.yi.Pa.re.DuH6504the oneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376from the otherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

12Abramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87dwelledיָשַׁ֣בya.ShavH3427in the landבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667,and Lotוְל֗וֹטve.LotH3876dwelledיָשַׁב֙ya.ShavH3427in the citiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892of the plainהַכִּכָּ֔רha.ki.KarH3603, and pitched histentוַיֶּאֱהַ֖לvai.ye.'e.HalH167towardעַד־'ad-H5704Sodomסְדֹֽם׃se.DomH5467.

13But the menוְאַנְשֵׁ֣יve.'an.SheiH582of Sodomסְדֹ֔םse.DomH5467werewickedרָעִ֖יםra.'ImH7451and sinnersוְחַטָּאִ֑יםve.cha.ta.'ImH2400before Yhwhלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068exceedinglyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

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