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Genesis 14:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 14 · verse 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 context
10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13And 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.
14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brother'sʼâcha brother )H251 →
- Abram'sʼAbrâmAbram, the original name of AbrahamH87 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- SodomÇᵉdômSedom, a place near the Dead SeaH5467 →
- goodsrᵉkûwshpropertyH7399 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
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We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram and Lot had not been concerned in it. Now, concerning this war, we may observe, I. The parties engaged in it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12