Lot
לוֹט · lot · H3876GΛώτ · Lōt · G3091“Lotan, wrapt up; hidden; covered; myrrh; rosin” Hitchcock's 186934 mentions in 5 books, most in Genesis (27)
Who he was
Lot was the son of Haran and the nephew of Abraham (Gen.11.27,31). He traveled with Abraham from Ur to Canaan (Genesis 12:4–5). Due to strife between their herdsmen, Lot chose to settle in the plain of Jordan near Sodom (Genesis 13:1–13). Lot was captured when Sodom was invaded, but Abraham rescued him (Gen.14.12,16). Despite the wickedness of Sodom, Lot continued living there (Genesis 19:1). When God revealed His plan to destroy the city, Abraham pleaded for Lot's safety (Genesis 18:16–33). Two angels warned Lot to flee Sodom with his family (Genesis 19:1–22). Lot's wife disobeyed and was turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32). Lot and his daughters escaped to Zoar and later settled in a cave (Genesis 19:30). Lot's daughters, believing they were the last survivors, got him drunk and slept with him, resulting in the births of Moab and Ammon (Genesis 19:31–38; Psalms 83:8). The New Testament describes Lot as a righteous man distressed by the debauchery of Sodom (2 Peter 2:7). Jesus used Lot's story as a warning about the suddenness of His return (Luke 17:28–29).
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Family
FatherHaranSiblingsMilcah, IscahSpousea wife of Lot, daughter1 of Lot, daughter2 of LotChildrendaughter1 of Lot, daughter2 of Lot, Moab, Ben-ammi
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Every mention
34 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Genesis27 mentions
Genesis 11:27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.Genesis 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They…Genesis 12:4So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.Genesis 12:5Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan.…Genesis 13:1Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.Genesis 13:5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.Genesis 13:7There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.Genesis 13:8Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.Genesis 13:10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of…Genesis 13:11So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.Genesis 13:12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.Genesis 13:14Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,Genesis 14:12They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.Genesis 14:16He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.Genesis 19:1The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,Genesis 19:5They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”Genesis 19:6Lot went out to them through the door, and shut the door after himself.Genesis 19:9They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now we will deal worse with you than with them!” They pressed…Genesis 19:10But the men reached out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.Genesis 19:12The men said to Lot, “Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:Genesis 19:14Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city!” But he seemed to his…Genesis 19:15When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”Genesis 19:18Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.Genesis 19:23The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.Genesis 19:29When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.Genesis 19:30Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.Genesis 19:36Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.
Deuteronomy2 mentions
Deuteronomy 2:9Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a…Deuteronomy 2:19When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because…
Psalms1 mention
Luke3 mentions
What the dictionary says
(Heb. goral, a “pebble”), a small stone used in casting lots (Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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