Lot was born (ca. 1900 B.C.).
Lot Died (no record)
He is mainly known for being Abraham’s nephew and for the episode of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lot was Abraham’s nephew and lived in a city called Sodom. He was a God fearing man, even though he lived in a wicked city. Because of the wickedness of the city, God destroyed Sodom but spared Lot’s life.
Lot was Abraham’s nephew, because he was the son of Haran, the patriarch’s younger brother.
Although the meaning of his name is uncertain, he comes from the Hebrew lō · wṭ, and several Biblical scholars consider that he can be “covered”.
Lot, like his uncle Abraham, left the city of Ur of the Chaldeans together with Terah and Sara towards Haran, in Mesopotamia.
Lot also accompanied Abraham to Egypt and went down with him to the nation of the pharaohs at the time of the famine in the land, and subsequently returned with the patriarch to the land of Canaan (Genesis 11:21; 12:4-5; 13:1).
Why did Lot separate from Abraham?
Jehovah’s blessing was so great for both men that Lot’s and Abraham’s flocks grew so large that their place of residence was not enough for both of them. Which made Lot and Abraham’s shepherds even quarrel.
Abraham’s decision after discussions about shepherds and farms was to divorce Lot.
Abraham first let Lot choose the place and land he wanted to occupy, and Abraham went in the opposite direction.
So Lot chose the green plains of the Jordan, on the shores of the Dead Sea, near Sodom, and pitched his tent there.
Genesis 13:12-13.
That he happened to Lot’s wife
Lot fled from Sodom before it was destroyed, warned by Jehovah’s angels. Lot’s converted wife (she disobeyed Yahweh’s command) became a pillar of salt as divine punishment for her lack of faith and attachment to her past (the city that was about to be destroyed), remaining there until the rest of the family left.
What did Lott do when he got to the place he decided to go to?
He “pitched his tent until he came to Sodom.”
What did Lot’s wife become?
she turned into a pillar of salt