Genesis 14:12
“And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 14Meaning
Lot and his possessions are taken because his residence in Sodom places him inside the defeated city's fate.
Read carefully
His capture is a narrative consequence of the war, not proof that every personal misfortune directly measures guilt.
Reflection
Choices about proximity and belonging can have consequences without reducing every hardship to simple moral arithmetic.