Genesis 13:10 — Bible Verse (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.”

Genesis 13:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 13:10 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 13:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.”

Genesis 13:10 — World English Bible

Genesis 13:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Genesis 13:10 — American Standard Version

Genesis 13:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it <FI>is<Fi> all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,”

Genesis 13:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 13:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar. ”

Genesis 13:10 — Darby Translation

Genesis 13:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So when Lot lifted vp his eyes, he saw that all the plaine of Iorden was watered euery where: (for before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorah, it was as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest vnto Zoar)”

Genesis 13:10 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 13:10 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan—that it was well watered everywhere—before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.”

Genesis 13:10 — The Living Sword

Genesis 13:10 in Context — Genesis 13

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 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.

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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