Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 14:12
12. they took Lot . . . and his goods, and departed—How would the conscience of that young man now upbraid him for his selfish folly and ingratitude in withdrawing from his kind and pious relative! Whenever we go out of the path of duty, we put ourselves away from God's protection, and cannot expect that the choice we make will be for our lasting good. read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 14:10-12
"Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.""Slime pits ..." The words thus rendered actually mean "pits of bitumen,"[7] or "tar pits" as rendered in Good News Bible."They fell there ..." is not an... read more