Genesis 14:12
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They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
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And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.