Lot
Role: father of Paltit · First appears: Abraham Emigrates To Haran
Lot left his country with his father, Haran, and Abraham for Haran. After strife among their herdsmen, he separated from Abraham, and when Sodom was despoiled, he was taken captive. Abraham helped him escape; Lot had a daughter, Paltit, born shortly afterward.
In Sodom, Lot was appointed chief judge on the day the angels came. His wife revealed the presence of their guests to a neighbor. The angels brought Lot and his family out before the cities of the plain were destroyed; Lot pleaded for Zoar to be spared, and the angel granted his request. As Abraham watched smoke rise from Sodom, he prayed for Lot’s deliverance, and God granted his petition.
Lot died at the age of 142. His sons were Moab and Ammon.
Relationship record
Life events
- Terah agreed to leave his country, and departed with Abraham and Lot for Haran.(Abraham Emigrates To Haran · 📍 Haran)
- Abraham and Lot separated after their herdsmen’s strife escalated.(The War Of The Kings)
- With: Abraham
- “Abraham decided he would have to part from his kinsman, though he should have to compel Lot thereto by force. Lot thereupon separated himself not from Abraham alone, but from the God of Abraham also”
- Lot was taken captive when the victors despoiled Sodom.(The War Of The Kings · 📍 Sodom)
- “The victors despoiled Sodom of all its goods and victuals, and took Lot, boasting, ‘We have taken the son of Abraham's brother captive,’”
- Abraham helped Lot escape captivity.(The Cities Of Sin)
- With: Abraham
- “shortly after he escaped captivity through the help of Abraham.”
- Lot's wife betrayed the presence of guests in Lot's house by revealing it to a neighbor.(The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities · 📍 Sodom)
- With: Lot's wife (Section 071)
- “Nevertheless it was she who betrayed him. She went to a neighbor and borrowed some salt, and to the question, whether she could not have supplied herself with salt during daylight hours, she replied, ‘We had enough salt, until some guests came to us; for them we needed more.’”
- Lot was appointed chief judge in Sodom.(The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities · 📍 Sodom)
- “Lot, who was appointed chief judge on the very day of the angels' coming, tried to induce the people to desist from their purpose”
- The cities of the plain were destroyed, and their inhabitants lost their lives.(The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities · 📍 Sodom)
- “The destruction of the cities of the plain took place at dawn of the sixteenth day of Nisan”
- The angels brought Lot and his family out of the city before its destruction.(The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities · 📍 Sodom)
- With: Lot's wife (Section 071)
- “When the angels had brought forth Lot and his family and set them without the city, he bade them run for their lives”
- The angel granted Lot's plea that Zoar be spared destruction.(The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities · 📍 Zoar)
- “The angel then granted his plea that Zoar be left undestroyed.”
- Abraham prayed for Lot's deliverance, and God granted his petition.(The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities · 📍 Sodom)
- With: Abraham
- “When he turned his eyes toward Sodom and beheld the rising smoke, he prayed for the deliverance of Lot, and God granted his petition”
- Lot died at the age of one hundred and forty-two.(The Death And Burial Of Sarah)
- “Lot also died about this time, at the age of one hundred and forty-two.”
Abraham Emigrates To Haran
- parent: Haran “Noah and Shem aided and abetted the efforts of Abraham to persuade Terah, whereupon Terah consented to leave his country, and he, and Abraham, and Lot, the son of Haran, departed for Haran with their households.”
The War Of The Kings
- elder kin: Abraham “Abraham vainly called his nephew Lot to account for his unbecoming behavior”
The Cities Of Sin
- child: Paltit “Lot had a daughter, Paltit, so named because she had been born to him shortly after he escaped captivity through the help of Abraham.”
Abraham Pleads For The Sinners
- married with Lot's wife (Section 071) “he hoped that Lot, his wife, and their four daughters, together with the husbands of their daughters, would make up the number ten.”
The Destruction Of The Sinful Cities
- married with Lot's wife (Section 071) “At home he had to overcome the opposition of his wife, for she said, ‘If the inhabitants of Sodom hear of this, they will slay thee.’”
The Death And Burial Of Sarah
- child: Moab “Lot also died about this time, at the age of one hundred and forty-two. His sons, Moab and Ammon, both married Canaanitish wives.”
- child: Ammon “Lot also died about this time, at the age of one hundred and forty-two. His sons, Moab and Ammon, both married Canaanitish wives.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.