Genesis 14:8-12

Abram Rescues Lot

8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim 9 with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of i bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled j to the hill country. 11 So the enemy took k all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. 12 They also took Lot, l the son of Abram's brother, m who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 11:3
    And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
    Exodus 2:3
    When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 19:17
    And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.
    Genesis 19:30
    Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 14:16
    Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.
    Genesis 14:21
    And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 12:5
    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 13:12
    Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
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