10. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 13:10:1 ⧉וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֣וֹטvayissalotLot lifted up Genesis 13:10:2 ⧉אֶת־עֵינָ֗יוeteinavhis eyes Genesis 13:10:3 ⧉וַיַּרְא֙vayar{And} he saw Genesis 13:10:4 ⧉אֶת־כָּל־כִּכַּ֣רetkolkikarall the plain of Genesis 13:10:5 ⧉הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhayardenthe Jordan Genesis 13:10:6 ⧉כִּ֥יkithat Genesis 13:10:7 ⧉כֻלָּ֖הּkhulahall of it Genesis 13:10:8 ⧉מַשְׁקֶ֑הmashekehwas well-watered Genesis 13:10:9 ⧉לִפְנֵ֣יlifeneibefore Genesis 13:10:10 ⧉שַׁחֵ֣תshakhetdestroyed Genesis 13:10:11 ⧉יְהוָ֗הyahwehLORD Genesis 13:10:12 ⧉אֶת־סְדֹם֙etsedomSodom Genesis 13:10:13 ⧉וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֔הveetamorahand Gomorrah Genesis 13:10:14 ⧉כְגַן־יְהוָה֙keganyahwehlike the garden of the LORD Genesis 13:10:15 ⧉כְאֶ֣רֶץkeeretslike the land of Genesis 13:10:16 ⧉מִצְרַ֔יִםmitsrayimEgypt Genesis 13:10:17 ⧉בֹּאֲכָ֖הboakhatoward Genesis 13:10:18 ⧉צֹֽעַר׃tsoarZoar |
10. Formal Translation Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan; it was lush throughout before the LORD {Yahweh, Righteous Judge} destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar. |
10. Dynamic Translation Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was richly watered before the LORD {Yahweh, Life Giver} laid waste to Sodom and Gomorrah; it looked like the LORD’s own garden, like the land of Egypt as you approach Zoar. |