Genesis 13:12

13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain ¹  and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

Genesis 14:11

14:11 The four victorious kings ²  took all the possessions and food of Sodom and Gomorrah and left.

Genesis 14:21

14:21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

Genesis 18:16

Abraham Pleads for Sodom

18:16 When the men got up to leave, ³  they looked out over ⁴  Sodom. (Now ⁵  Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.) ⁶ 

Genesis 18:20

18:20 So the Lord said, “The outcry against ⁷  Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant ⁸ 

Genesis 19:24

19:24 Then the Lord rained down ⁹  sulfur and fire ¹⁰  on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord. ¹¹ 

[13:12]  ¹ tn Or “the cities of the plain”; Heb “[the cities of] the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

[14:11]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the four victorious kings, see v. 9) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[18:16]  ³ tn Heb “And the men arose from there.”

[18:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “toward the face of.”

[18:16]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive parenthetical clause sets the stage for the following speech.

[18:16]  ⁶ tn The Piel of שָׁלַח (shalakh) means “to lead out, to send out, to expel”; here it is used in the friendly sense of seeing the visitors on their way.

[18:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “the outcry of Sodom,” which apparently refers to the outcry for divine justice from those (unidentified persons) who observe its sinful ways.

[18:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “heavy.”

[19:24]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause signals the beginning of the next scene and highlights God’s action.

[19:24]  ⁶ tn Or “burning sulfur” (the traditional “fire and brimstone”).

[19:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the Lord from the heavens.” The words “It was sent down” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.