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| | <center><small>''Abram and Lot return from Egypt, and part to avoid strife.<br/>Lot goes towards Sodom.<br/>God's promise renewed to Abram, and he builds an altar at Hebron.<br/>1918 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''2089 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center> | | <center><small>''Abram and Lot return from Egypt, and part to avoid strife.<br/>Lot goes towards Sodom.<br/>God's promise renewed to Abram, and he builds an altar at Hebron.<br/>1918 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''2089 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center> |
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| | '''1''' And [[Abraham|Abram]] went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and [[Lot]] with him, into the south. | | '''1''' And [[Abraham|Abram]] went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and [[Lot]] with him, into the south. |
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| | '''12''' Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 19|Gen 19:29]]</ref>, and pitched ''his'' tent toward Sodom. | | '''12''' Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 19|Gen 19:29]]</ref>, and pitched ''his'' tent toward Sodom. |
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| − | '''13''' But the men of Sodom ''were'' wicked<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Gen 18:20]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 16|Eze 16:49]], [[2nd Peter, Chapter 2|2 Pet 2:7-8]]</ref> and sinners<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 6|Gen 6:11]]</ref> before the Lord exceedingly. | + | '''13''' But the men of Sodom ''were'' wicked<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Gen 18:20]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 16|Eze 16:49]], [[2nd Peter, Chapter 2|2 Pet 2:7-8]]</ref> and sinners<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 6|Gen 6:11]]</ref> before the Lord exceedingly.<ref>This verse is easy to remember: Genesis 13:13. Other translations refer to the men of Sodom as "very evil" and "very wicked."</ref> |
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| | '''14''' And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 49|Isa 49:18]]</ref>, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 28|Gen 28:14]]</ref>: | | '''14''' And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 49|Isa 49:18]]</ref>, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward<ref>[[Genesis, Chapter 28|Gen 28:14]]</ref>: |