¹⁰ Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain^(A) of the Jordan toward Zoar^(B) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,^(C) like the land of Egypt.^(D) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom^(E) and Gomorrah.)^(F)

⁸ who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead,^(A) the land of the Amorites.

The Transjordan Tribes

32 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks,^(A) saw that the lands of Jazer^(B) and Gilead^(C) were suitable for livestock.^(D)

⁴⁷ Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.^[a](A)

²³ Taking his relatives^(A) with him^(B), he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.^(C)