Verse 10

And Lot lyft vp hys eyes and beheld all the contre aboute Iordane which was a plenteous contre of water every where before the LORde destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra. Even as the garden of the LORde and as the lande of Egipte tyll thou come to Zoar.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 34:3 : 3 ad the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the citye of datetrees euen vnto Zoar.
  • Gen 14:8 : 8 Than went out the kynge of Sodome and the kynge of Gomorra and the kinge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboijm and the kynge of Bela now called Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth them in the vale of siddim that is to say
  • Gen 14:2 : 2 made warre wyth Bera kynge of Sodoh and with Birsa kynge of Gomorra. And wythe Sineab kynge of Adama and with Semeaber kynge of Zeboim and wyth the kynge of Bela Which Bela is called Zoar.
  • Num 32:1-9 : 1 The childern of Rube and the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell. And whe they sawe the lode of Iaeser and the lode of Gilead yt it was an apte place for catell 2 they came and spake vnto Moses and Eleazer ye preast and vnto ye LORdes of ye cogregacio sayenge. 3 The lode of Ataroth Dibo and Beon 4 whiche contre ye Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel: is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell 5 wherfore (sayed they) yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse and bringe vs not ouer Iordane. 6 And Moses sayed vnto the childre of Gad and of Ruben: shall youre brethern goo to warre and ye tarye here? 7 Wherfore discorage ye the hertes of the children of Israel for to goo ouer into the londe which the Lorde hath geue them? 8 This dyd youre fathers whe I sent them from Cades bernea to se the londe. 9 And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol and sawe the londe and discoraged the hertes of the childern of Israel that they shulde not goo in to the londe whiche the Lorde had geuen them. 10 And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge: 11 None of the men that came out of Egipte fro twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the londe whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not continually folowed me: 12 saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite and Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed me continually. 13 And the Lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wildernesse.xl. yere vntill all the generacion that had done euell in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed. 14 And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers stede the encrease of synfull men to augmente the ferse wrath of the Lorde to Israel warde. 15 For yf ye turne awaye from after him he wyll yet agayne leue the people in the wildernesse so shall ye destroy all this folke. 16 And they went nere him ad sayed: we will bylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe and for oure catell and cities for oure childern: 17 But we oure selues will go ready armed before ye childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place. And oure childre shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe. 18 And we will not returne vnto oure housses vntill the childern off Israel haue enhereted: euery man his enheritaunce. 19 For we will not enheret with them on yonder syde Iordane forwarde because oure enheritaunce is fasten to vs on this syde Iordane eastwarde. 20 And Moses sayed vnto them: Yf ye will do this thinge that ye will go all harnessed before the Lorde to warre 21 and will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before ye Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before hi 22 and vntill the londe be subdued before ye Lorde: then ye shall returne and be without sinne agenst the Lorde and agenst Israel and this lode shalbe youre possession before the Lorde. 23 But and yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde: ad be sure youre synne will fynde you out. 24 Bilde youre cities for youre childern and foldes for youre shepe and se ye do yt ye haue spoken. 25 And the childern of Gad and of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge: thy servauntes will do as my LORde commaundeth. 26 Oure childre oure wiues substace and all oure catell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead. 27 But we thi servauntes will goo all harnessed for the warre vnto batayle before the Lorde as my LORde hath sayed. 28 And Moses comauded Eleazer ye preast and Iosua ye sonne of Nun and the aunciet hedes of the tribes of the childern of Israel 29 and sayed vnto them: Yf the childern of Gad and Ruben will goo with you ouer Iordane all prepared to syghte before the Lorde: then when the lande is subdued vnto you geue them the londe of Gilead to possesse 30 but and yf they will not goo ouer with you in harnesse then they shall haue their possessions amonge you in ye londe of Canaan. 31 And the childern of Gad and Ruben answered sayenge: that which ye Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruautes we will doo 32 We wil goo harnessed before the Lorde into the londe of Canaan and the possession of oure enheritaunce shalbe on this syde the Iordane. 33 And Moses gaue vnto ye childern of Gad and of Ruben and vnto halfe the trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sibon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan the lande that longed vnto the cities thereof in the costes of the contre rounde aboute. 34 And the childern of Gad bylt Dibo ataroth Aroer 35 Atroth Sophan Iaeser Iegabeha 36 Bethnimra and Betharan stronge cities and they bylt foldes for their shepe. 37 And the childern of Ruben bylt Hesebon Elalea Kiriathai 38 Nebo Baal Meon and turned their names and Sibama also: and gaue names vnto the cities which they bylt. 39 And the childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites yt were therin. 40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt therein. 41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse wet and toke ye small townes thereof and called the the townes of Iair. 42 And Nobah went and toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto and called it Nobah after his awne name.
  • Gen 2:8-9 : 8 The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed. 9 And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant to eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden: and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell. 10 And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe in to foure principall waters.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And the woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes and a pleasant tre for to make wyse. And toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husband also with her and he ate.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoge the all.
  • Gen 19:17-30 : 17 When they had brought them out they sayde: Saue thy lyfe and loke not behynde the nether tary thou in any place of the contre but saue thy selfe in the mountayne lest thou perisshe. 18 Than sayde Lot vnto them: Oh nay my LORde: 19 beholde in as moch as thy servaunte hath fownde grace in thy syghte now make thi mercy great which thou shewest vnto me in savinge my lyfe. For I can not saue my selfe in the mountayns lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye. 20 Beholde here is a cyte by to flee vnto and it is a lytle one: let me saue my selfe therein: is it not a litle one that my soule may lyue? 21 And he sayde to him: se I haue receaved thy request as concernynge this thynge that I will nott overthrowe this cytie for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste the ad saue thy selfe there for I can do nothynge tyll thou be come in thyder. And therfore the name of the cyte is called Zoar. 23 And the sone was vppon the erth when Lot was entred in to Zoar. 24 Than the LORde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomorra brymstone and fyre from the LORde out of heav 25 and overthrewe those cyteis and all the region and all that dwelled in the cytes and that that grewe vpon the erth. 26 And lots wyfe loked behynde her ad was turned in to a pillare of salte. 27 Abraham rose vp early and got him to the place where he stode before the LORd 28 and loked toward Sodome and Gomorra and toward all the londe of that contre. And as he loked: beholde the smoke of the contre arose as it had bene the smoke of a fornace. 29 But yet whe God destroyed the cities of ye regio he thought a pon Abraha: and sent Lot out from the dager of the overthrowenge when he overthrewe the cyttes where Lot dwelled. 30 And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountayns ad his.ij. doughters with him for he feared to tary in Zoar: he dweld therfore in a caue both he and his.ij. doughters also.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Se that ye love not the worlde nether the thynges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man love the worlde the love of the father is not in him. 16 For all that is in ye worlde (as the lust of the flesshe the lust of the eyes and ye pryde of gooddes) is not of the father: but of ye worlde