Genesis 14:11

Translations

Modern

The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Traditional

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

Literal

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Latin

Tulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrhæ, et universa quæ ad cibum pertinent, et abierunt:

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English

The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Notes

Genesis 14:8–12

The five cities of the Plain were close together near the south end of the Dead Sea. The Mesopotamian kings crushed the weak revolt, plundered Sodom and Gomorrah, and carried Lot away with the other captives.

Genesis 14:1–16

In this typical ancient political conflict, powerful kings allied to control smaller dependent states.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Melchizedek Invasion Symbolic Numbers The Servant-Leader

Related verses

Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.
Genesis 14:21
The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
Deuteronomy 28:31
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
Deuteronomy 28:35
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
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,

Places

Gomorrah: Wicked city destroyed by God along with Sodom Sodom: Wicked city destroyed by God for its sins

Glossary

Amraphel Arioch Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chedorlaomer Cities of the Plain Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Kedorlaomer King’s Highway Lot Melchizedek Palestine Patriarchs, Period of the Travel

Topics

Abraham: Defeats Chedorlaomer Chedorlaomer: King of Elam Lot: The Son of Haran: Taken Captive by Chedorlaomer; Rescued by Abraham Sodom: King of, Joins Other Kings of the Nations Resisting the Invasion of Chedorlaomer Spoils of War

Genesis 14:11

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