Genesis 13 · Verse 11

Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Genesis 13:11, King James Version

Genesis 13:11 in other translations

BSBSo Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
WEBSo Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.
ASVSo Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
YLTand Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted--a man from his companion;
DARBYAnd Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:
BBESo Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.
WebsterThen Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

What does Genesis 13:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Then Lot chose him all the plain--a choice excellent from a worldly point of view, but most inexpedient for his best interests. He seems, though a good man, to have been too much under the influence of a selfish and covetous spirit: and how many, alas! imperil the good of their souls for the prospect of worldly advantage.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain - A little civility or good breeding is of great importance in the concerns of life. Lot either had none, or did not profit by it. He certainly should have left the choice to the patriarch, and should have been guided by his counsel; but he took his own way, trusting to his own judgment, and guided only by the sight of his eyes: he beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered, etc.; so he chose the land, without considering the character of the inhabitants, or what advantages or disadvantages it might afford him in spiritual things. This choice, as we shall see in the sequel, had nearly proved the ruin of his body, soul, and family.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 13:10-13

Abram having offered Lot the choice, he at once accepted it. Passion and selfishness make men rude. Lot looked to the goodness of the land; therefore he doubted not that in such a fruitful soil he should certainly thrive. But what came of it? Those who, in choosing relations, callings, dwellings, or settlements, are guided and governed by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life, cannot…

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Genesis 13:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּבְחַר\־vai.yiv.char-and he choseH977
ל֣וֹlofor <the> himself
ל֗וֹטLotLotH3876
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
כִּכַּ֣רki.Kar[the] valley ofH3603
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
וַיִּסַּ֥עvai.yi.Sa'and he set outH5265
ל֖וֹטLotLotH3876
מִקֶּ֑דֶםmi.Ke.demfrom [the] eastH6924
וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּvai.yi.Pa.re.Duand they separatedH6504
אִ֖ישׁ'isheachH376
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom withH5921
אָחִֽיו\׃'a.Chivbrother hisH251

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 13:11

  • Genesis 13:9

    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.

  • Hebrews 10:25

    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

  • Proverbs 27:10

    Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

  • 1 Peter 2:17

    Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

  • Genesis 13:14

    And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

  • Psalms 16:3

    But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

  • Genesis 19:17

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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A.M. 2087. B.C. 1917. chose.
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9,14; Ps 16:3; 119:63; Pr 27:10; Heb 10:25; 1Pe 2:17

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Context

  • Genesis 13:10

    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.

  • Genesis 13:11

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

  • Genesis 13:12

    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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Genesis 13:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Lot escogió para sí toda la llanura del Jordán: y partióse Lot de Oriente, y apartáronse el uno del otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Lot choisit pour lui toute la plaine du Jourdain; et Lot partit vers l’orient. Et ils se séparèrent l’un de l’autre:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Lot erwählte sich die ganze Ebene des Jordan, und Lot zog ostwärts; und sie trennten sich voneinander.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Elegitque sibi Lot regionem circa Jordanem, et recessit ab oriente: divisique sunt alterutrum a fratre suo.