Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 14:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
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Role in This Section
The victors take all the goods and food of Sodom and Gomorrah and leave, turning battlefield defeat into civic plunder.
Read It With
- Genesis 14:1–16
Read verses 10–12 together. Defeat opens the cities to plunder; verse 11 names goods and food; and verse 12 makes the taking personal by adding Lot and his possessions.
Why It Needs Context
This verse describes the captors' taking but does not yet identify the human captive who brings Abram into the conflict.
Read Genesis 14:11–12 together
Why these verses belong together: The invaders take the cities' goods and food and then Lot with his possessions, turning plunder into Abram's family crisis.
Verse 11. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Verse 12. 12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 14:1–16 — Abram Rescues LotSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, narrative sequence, capture, kinship rescue, recovery, immediate aftermath, and canonical safeguards.
Exact location: Genesis 14:1–16 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 13:8–18; 14:17–24; 18–19; Judges 18:29; and later biblical war, rescue, and enemy texts
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Royal lists, service and rebellion, repeated strike verb, campaign itinerary, bitumen-pit repetition, fall wording, Lot's residence, Hebrew label, treaty-alliance phrase, rare mobilization verb, trained household-born men, kinship term, directions, and repeated recovery language.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 14:1–16
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