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Genesis 13:11

What does Genesis 13:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 13:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Genesis 13:11 means

Lot made his choice, selecting the entire Jordan River plain based on its apparent fertility. He then traveled eastward, physically separating himself from Abram. This decision marked a significant turning point, not only geographically but also spiritually, for both men. Lot chose immediate, visible prosperity, moving away from Abram (and implicitly, moving away from the direct spiritual influence of God's covenant with Abram), while Abram remained in the land God had originally promised him. This choice set their distinct life paths.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and 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;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:

Context

Following Lot's appraisal of the Jordan Plain in verse 10, this verse describes his decisive action: choosing that land and journeying eastward. This act directly fulfills Abram's proposal for separation in verse 9, leading to the physical parting of the two households. The choice Lot makes here is pivotal, dictating his immediate future and contrasting sharply with Abram's position in the promised land, as elaborated in the next verse.

v.10And 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.

v.11This passage

v.12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 13:14

    And Jehovah 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:

  • 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 take the right hand, then I will go to the left.

  • Proverbs 27:10

    Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

  • Psalms 16:3

    As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

  • Hebrews 10:25

    not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.

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