Bible Strands
Genesis 14:12
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative voice records the immediate aftermath of the four kings' raid, specifying the exact captives removed from Sodom after the city's goods were seized.
The words — וַ/יִּקְח֨וּ (va/i.yik.Chu) translates literally as "and they took," denoting the forced seizure of Lot and his belongings. רְכֻשׁ֛/וֹ (re.khu.Sh/o) means "his possessions," specifying the material goods confiscated alongside him.
The thread — This event reverses the earlier journey in Genesis 12:5 where Abram brought Lot from Haran, and fulfills the familial connection established in Genesis 11:27.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that Lot's settlement in Sodom directly enabled his capture, requiring the reader to trace the concrete consequences of his location.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Cross-references
- Genesis 12:5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
- Genesis 11:27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Genesis 13:12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- Numbers 16:26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Job 9:23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Jeremiah 2:17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- 1 Timothy 6:9 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.