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Genesis 11:27 לֽוֹט׃ Lot

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Here: Terah's grandson. He is the only grandchild named here, which sets him up as the nephew who travels with Abram, and quietly as a possible heir while Sarai has no children (v.30).

Genesis 11:31 ל֤וֹט Lot

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

Here: Terah's grandson. His father had died (11:28), so he came under his grandfather's protection as head of the household.

Genesis 12:4 ל֑וֹט Lot

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 12:5 ל֣וֹט Lot

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 13:1 וְל֥וֹט and Lot

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

Genesis 13:5 לְל֔וֹט to Lot

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

Here: Hebrew has no verb "to have". It says "to Lot there was…", so the preposition le- ("to/for") marks ownership. Lot is Abram's nephew, the son of his dead brother Haran (11:27–28).

Genesis 13:7 ל֑וֹט Lot

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

Here: Lot, son of Abram's dead brother Haran (11:27–28). He came with Abram from Haran and has grown rich alongside him.

Genesis 13:8 ל֗וֹט Lot

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.

Here: Lot, son of Abram's dead brother Haran (Gen 11:27-28). He travelled with Abram and has become rich in his own right (13:5).

Genesis 13:10 ל֣וֹט Lot

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Here: Abram's nephew, son of his dead brother Haran (11:27-31). He is the one who acts here: Abram has offered him first choice of land (13:9).

Genesis 13:11 ל֗וֹט ל֖וֹט Lot

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

Genesis 13:12 וְל֗וֹט and Lot

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Genesis 13:14 ל֣וֹט Lot

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

Here: Abram's nephew, the son of his dead brother Haran (Genesis 11:27-28), who had travelled with him from Harran. He was the closest male relative in a household with no son.

Genesis 14:12 ל֧וֹט Lot

They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

Genesis 14:16 ל֨וֹט Lot

He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

Genesis 19:1 וְל֖וֹט לוֹט֙ and Lot, Lot

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Here: "And Lot." Putting the name first breaks the chain of action and sets a background scene: "Now Lot was sitting…" Lot is Abraham's nephew, who chose the well-watered plain and moved toward Sodom (13:10-12).

Genesis 19:5 לוֹט֙ Lot

They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

Here: Abraham's nephew, a resident outsider in Sodom (v. 9 calls him one who 'came to sojourn'). As host, he is now the only thing standing between the guests and the crowd.

Genesis 19:6 ל֖וֹט Lot

Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

Genesis 19:9 בְּלוֹט֙ <in> Lot

“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

Genesis 19:10 ל֛וֹט Lot

But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Genesis 19:12 ל֗וֹט Lot

Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

Genesis 19:14 ל֜וֹט Lot

So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Here: Abraham's nephew, who settled in Sodom (13:12; 14:12) and now sits among its leading men at the gate (19:1).

Genesis 19:15 בְּל֣וֹט <in> Lot

At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

Genesis 19:18 ל֖וֹט Lot

But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

Genesis 19:23 וְל֖וֹט and Lot

And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

Genesis 19:29 לוֹט֙ לֽוֹט׃ Lot

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

Here: Abraham's nephew (11:27, 31), whom Abraham had already rescued once from captivity (14:12–16).

Genesis 19:30 ל֨וֹט Lot

Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

Genesis 19:36 ל֖וֹט Lot

Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

Deuteronomy 2:9 ל֔וֹט Lot

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Here: Abraham's nephew (Genesis 19:36–38), ancestor of Moab and Ammon. Naming him reminds Israel that Moab is distant family through Abraham's household.

Deuteronomy 2:19 ל֖וֹט Lot

But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Psalm 83:8 ל֣וֹט Lot

Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah