Genesis 14 · Verse 11

Genesis 14:11

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis 14:11, King James Version

Genesis 14:11 in other translations

BSBThe four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
WEBThey took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
ASVAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
YLTAnd they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;
DARBYAnd they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed.
BBEAnd the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.
WebsterAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.

What does Genesis 14:11 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 They took all the goods, etc. - This was a predatory war, such as the Arabs carry on to the present day; they pillage a city, town, or caravan; and then escape with the booty to the wilderness, where it would ever be unsafe, and often impossible, to pursue them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 14:1-12

The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but wicked Sodom. Its inhabitants were the most ripe for vengeance of all the descendants of Canaan. The invaders were from Chaldea and Persia, then only small kingdoms. They took Lot among the rest, and his goods. Though he was…

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Genesis 14:11 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.

וַ֠יִּקְחוּVai.yik.chuand they tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
רְכֻ֨שׁre.Khush[the] possession[s] ofH7399
סְדֹ֧םse.DomSodomH5467
וַעֲמֹרָ֛הva.'a.mo.Rahand GomorrahH6017
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אָכְלָ֖ם'a.khe.Lamfood theirH400
וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ\׃vai.ye.Le.khuand they wentH1980

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

Cross references for Genesis 14:11

  • Genesis 14:21

    And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

  • Genesis 14:16

    And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

  • Deuteronomy 28:35

    The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

  • Genesis 12:5

    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

  • Deuteronomy 28:31

    Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

  • Deuteronomy 28:51

    And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16,21; 12:5; De 28:31,35,51

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 14:10

    And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

  • Genesis 14:11

    And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

  • Genesis 14:12

    And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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Genesis 14:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomaron toda la riqueza de Sodoma y de Gomorra, y todas sus vituallas, y se fueron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils prirent tous les biens de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, et tous leurs vivres, et ils s’en allèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie nahmen alle Habe von Sodom und Gomorra und alle ihre Speise und zogen davon.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrhæ, et universa quæ ad cibum pertinent, et abierunt: