Nephew of the patriarch Abraham, and founder of what became the nations of Ammon and Moab.
About Lot
Abraham’s nephew and the ancestor of both the Moabites and the Ammonites. Like Abraham, he was born in Ur. After Lot's father died, his grandfather Terah took care of him. He traveled with Terah and his uncle Abram to Haran (Genesis 11:27–32). When Terah died, Lot joined Abram on the journey to Canaan and later to Egypt before returning to Canaan.
By the time they returned, Lot and Abram had too many animals to live in the same area. Abram was kind and let Lot choose first where he wanted to live. Lot chose the Jordan Valley because it had good land for growing plants. The valley was beautiful like the "garden of the LORD" before God's judgment came upon the region (Genesis 13:10). Lot moved to the city of Sodom and began to take part in the evil things happening there.
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Haran
- Partners 3
- Wife of Lot, Daughter1 of Lot, Daughter2 of Lot
- Half-siblings 2
- Milcah, Iscah
- Children 4
- Daughter1 of Lot, Daughter2 of Lot, Moab, Ben-ammi
- Nieces & Nephews 8
- Uz (Genesis 22:21), Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel
- Aunt
- Sarah
- Uncles 2
- Abraham, Nahor
- Cousins 20
- Ishmael, Isaac, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah, Uz (Genesis 22:21), Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel, Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, Maacah
Key References
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
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.
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.
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
All Scripture References (34)
Genesis (27)
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of 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.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
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,
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
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.
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.
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.)
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
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,
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.
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,
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!”
Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.
“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.
But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
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,
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.
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.”
But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
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.
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.
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
Deuteronomy (2)
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.”
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.”
Psalms (1)
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Luke (3)
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Remember Lot’s wife!
2 Peter (1)
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless