Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
Lot
Haran’s son and Abram’s nephew, who went with Abram from Haran to Canaan (Genesis 12:4–5). Their herds grew too large to share the land, and when Abram let him choose, Lot saw the well-watered plain of the Jordan and moved his tent toward Sodom, whose men were “exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh” (Genesis 13:5–13). He was carried off when the four kings raided Sodom, and Abram rescued him (Genesis 14:12–16).
When God destroyed Sodom, angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out; his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:15–26). He escaped to Zoar and then lived in a cave in the hills, where his daughters bore him Moab and Ben Ammi, the fathers of the Moabites and Ammonites (Genesis 19:30–38). Peter calls him “righteous Lot,” grieved by the lawlessness around him (2 Peter 2:7–8), and Jesus says, “Remember Lot’s wife!” (Luke 17:28–32).
Family
- Father
- Haran
- Wives
- A wife of Lot, Daughter of Lot, Daughter of Lot
- Children
- Daughter of Lot, Daughter of Lot, Moab, Ben Ammi