![]() ![]() The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. When God rained fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's wife looked back at the burning cities of the plain and was turned into a pillar of salt in recompense for her folly. An angel agreed and the village was thenceforth known as Zoar. Fearful that the hills would not afford them sufficient protection from the impending destruction, Lot instead asked the angels if he and his might hide in the safety of a neighbouring village. Lot lingered in the morning so the angels forced him and his family out of the city, telling them to flee for the hills. Lot and his daughter flee from Sodom, by Paolo Veronese, c. Abram brought back Lot and all of his people and their belongings. Abram divided his forces and pursued them to Hobah. When Abram heard what had happened to Lot, he led a force of three hundred and eighteen of his trained men and caught up to the armies of the four kings in Dan. Chedorlaomer despoiled the cities and took captives as he departed, including Lot, who dwelt in Sodom. They served this king for twelve years, but "in the thirteenth year they rebelled." The following year Chedorlaomer's four armies returned and at the Battle of Siddim the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell in defeat. The five kingdoms of the plain had become vassal states of an alliance of four eastern kingdoms under the leadership of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam. Likewise, Abram went to dwell in Hebron, staying in the land of Canaan. Lot saw that the plains of the Jordan were well watered "like the gardens of the Lord, like the land of Egypt," and so settled among the cities of the plain, going as far as Sodom. Abram suggested they part ways and let Lot decide where he would like to settle. When Abram and Lot returned to the hills of Bethel with their many livestock, their respective herdsmen began to bicker. When the Pharaoh confronted Abram, Abram admitted that Sarai had been his wife all along, and so the Pharaoh forced them out of Egypt. Hearing of her beauty, the Pharaoh took Sarai for his own, for which God afflicted him with great plagues. ![]() ĭue to famine, Abram and Lot journeyed into Egypt, but Abram pretended that his wife Sarai was his sister. Abram's nephew Lot joined him on his journey and they went into the land of Canaan, settling in the hills of Bethel. Īs a part of the covenant of the pieces, God told Abram to leave his country and his kindred. They settled at the site called Haran where Terah died. ![]() Terah, Lot's grandfather, took Abram (later called Abraham), Lot, and Sarai (later called Sarah) to go into Canaan. Biblical account Īccording to the Hebrew Bible, Lot was born to Haran, who died in Ur of the Chaldees. Notable events in his life include his journey with his uncle Abram ( Abraham) his flight from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, during which Lot's wife became a pillar of salt and him being intoxicated by his daughters so that they could have sexual intercourse with him and ensure their family would have descendants. "veil" or "covering" Greek: Λώτ Lṓt Arabic: لُوط Lūṭ Syriac: ܠܘܛ Lōṭ) was a man in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19. Ben-Ammi (son through younger daughter). ![]()
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