Genesis 14 · Verse 12

Genesis 14:12

And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Genesis 14:12, King James Version

Genesis 14:12 in other translations

BSBThey also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
WEBThey took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
ASVAnd they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
YLTand they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
DARBYAnd they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.
BBEAnd in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
WebsterAnd they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

What does Genesis 14:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 They 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.

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 14:12 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.

וַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
ל֧וֹטLotLotH3876
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
רְכֻשׁ֛וֹre.khu.Shopossession[s] hisH7399
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִ֥י'a.Chi[the] brother ofH251
אַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamAbramH87
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּvai.ye.Le.khuand they wentH1980
וְה֥וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
יֹשֵׁ֖בyo.Shev[was] dwellingH3427
בִּסְדֹֽם\׃bis.Domin SodomH5467

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

Cross references for Genesis 14:12

  • 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.

  • Genesis 11:27

    Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Genesis 13:12-13

    Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  • Job 9:23

    If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

  • Numbers 16:26

    And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9-11

    But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

  • Jeremiah 2:17-19

    Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way? And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lot.
11:27; 12:5
who.
13:12,13; Nu 16:26; Job 9:23; Jer 2:17-19; 1Ti 6:9-11; Re 3:19; 18:4

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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 14:13

    And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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Genesis 14:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tomaron también á Lot, hijo del hermano de Abram, que moraba en Sodoma, y su hacienda, y se fueron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils prirent aussi Lot, fils du frère d’Abram, et son bien, et ils s’en allèrent; car Lot habitait dans Sodome.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie nahmen Lot, Abrams Bruders Sohn, und seine Habe und zogen davon; denn er wohnte in Sodom.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		necnon et Lot, et substantiam ejus, filium fratris Abram, qui habitabat in Sodomis.