Genesis 14:12

Genesis 14:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
• New International Version (NIV)They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Context of Genesis 14:12

10Now the Valley of the Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, and those who remained fled to the hills. 11So they took all of Sodom and Gomorrah’s possessions and their food and left. They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions, and they left (as he was living in Sodom). 13Then a survivor came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was dwelling by the large trees belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eschol and the brother of Aner—they were Abram’s allies. 14When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he rallied his trained men, those born in his household, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 14:12 word by word

וַיִּקְח֨וּ אֶת־ל֧וֹט וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁ֛וֹ בֶּן־אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָ֖ם וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְה֥וּא יֹשֵׁ֖ב בִּסְדֹֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Lotלוֹטlôţ · LotH3876
• Abram’sאַבְרָם'abrâm · AbramH87
• brother’sאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• who dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in Sodomסְדֹםsedôm · SodomH5467
• and his goodsרְכוּשׁrekûsh rekûsh · propertyH7399
• and departedיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212

Cross-references for Genesis 14:12

• Genesis 11:27These are Terah’s genealogies: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran fathered Lot.
• Genesis 12:5Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the people that they acquired in Haran, and they left to go to the land of Canaan, and they entered the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 13:12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the valley. And he moved his tent from place to place near Sodom.
• Numbers 16:26He warned the assembly saying, “Move away from the tents of these wicked men! Don’t touch anything that is theirs, or you will be swept away because of all their sins!”
• Job 9:23If a scourge smites suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself, when He led you in the way?
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
• Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you participate in her sins and receive her plagues!

Commentaries on Genesis 14:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They took Lot, etc. - The people, being exceedingly wicked, had provoked God to afflict them by means of those marauding kings; and Lot also suffered, being found in company with the workers of iniquity. Every child remembers the fable of the Geese and Cranes; the former, being found feeding where the latter were destroying the grain, were all taken in the same net. Let him that readeth understand.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-24Verses 1-24 - Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār Ellasar (related: unknown) is identified with Larsa or Larancha, the ́ Larissa or ́ Larachōn of the Greeks, now Senkereh, a town of lower Babylonia, between Mugheir (Ur) and Warka (Erek) on the left bank of the Frat. כדרלעמר kedārlā‛omer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12The five cities of the Plain were close together near the south end of the Dead Sea. The Mesopotamian kings crushed the weak revolt, plundered Sodom and Gomorrah, and carried Lot away with the other captives.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. they took Lot ... and his goods, and departed--How would the conscience of that young man now upbraid him for his selfish folly and ingratitude in withdrawing from his kind and pious relative! Whenever we go out of the path of duty, we put ourselves away from God's protection, and cannot expect that the choice we make will be for our lasting good.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Genesis 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings