![]() The angels then said that God had sent them to destroy the place, telling Lot, "whomsoever thou hast in the city bring them out of the place". The angels drew Lot back in to his house and struck the mob with blindness. The men of Sodom accused Lot of acting as a judge and threatened to do worse to him than they would have done to the ‘men’. Lot went out, closing the door behind him, and begged them to refrain from so wicked a deed, offering them instead his virgin daughters to do with as they pleased. ![]() I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me and if not, I will know."Īfter supper, that night before bedtime, the men of the city, young and old, gathered around Lot's house demanding that he bring out his two guests that they might know them carnally. "And the Lord said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. God promised Abraham that Sarah would bear a son and he would become a great and mighty nation. Later, after God had changed Abram's name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah as part of the covenant of the pieces, God and two angels appeared to Abraham in the form of three men. 1620 ( National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo) The Flight of Lot and His Family from Sodom (after Rubens), by Jacob Jordaens, c. His wife is left as a pillar of salt on the road behind. 1499 ( National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.). Sodom Albrecht Dürer, Lot and His Daughters, 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 recorded in Genesis include his journey with his uncle Abram ( Abraham) his flight from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, during which his wife became a pillar of salt, and his being intoxicated by his daughters so that they could have incestuous intercourse with him to continue their family line. "veil" or "covering" Greek: Λώτ Lṓt Arabic: لُوط Lūṭ Syriac: ܠܘܛ Lōṭ) was a man mentioned in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19. Ben-Ammi (son through younger daughter).
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