The meaning of Lot, on the other hand, is "covering", which is the opposite of seeing. He is the one who sees, and his stories are all about spiritual sight. The weak root r-'-h which means see, is in the center of Abrahams name and that r-' pun is constantly made in the story of Abraham. There is a constant (even to the point of embarassment) stream of puns in the text relating to seeing and Abraham. It's important to remember that everything about the story of Abraham is a reference to sight. Lot's position was the nephew of the one who had the revelation, and so he didn't see clearly. God revealed himself to Abraham and called him his friend. However what I believe is the case is that Lot didn't understand how much the practices of the natives (most likely Perizites) offended God, and this is because Lot didn't have the type of spiritual vision that Abraham had. There was free, fertile lad to be had, and the fact that some of his neighbors had odd practices did not bother Lot so much in comparison to the richness of the land. However the fact that Lot chose the land meant that there was still room for his flocks to roam, and so the valley wasn't filled up.
Abraham was stuck with the hill country, which is not so good for livestock as a river valley.īut being that the land was fertile, the richest towns would be on it, and being rich towns, they would be more likely to be wicked. There really aren't many river valleys in Israel. I think it's fairly natural to assume that Lot chose the jordan valley because it was the most fertile land and the best land (which it was).
He might not have even known about Sodom at this point in time.Īccording to Peter, Lot was not the kind of man who followed the corrupt desire of the flesh and despised authority. Probably not, he innocently chose the land toward Zoar because it looked like the garden of the Lord. What's going to happen to Lot's family living with such wicked people? The suspense continues. Now it is revealed that Sodom was wicked.
I don't think he knew the wickedness of Sodom at this point and the next verse suggests that as well:ġ3 Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord. Readers' response: What?! Did he not know that that's a bad idea. The two men parted company: 12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. It initiates the literary suspense.ġ1 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The readers now know something that Lot didn't. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) He did not choose according to the corrupt desire of the flesh. This was Lot's righteous reason to choose the land that was like the garden of the Lord. Abraham let him choose first.ġ0 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. Lot was following Abraham's lead/authority. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.” 9Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. Peter contrasted the righteous Lot with the unrighteous people of the flesh who despised authority.ĨSo Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. 10This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority.
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Peter sheds some light on this question, 2 Peter 2:Ħ if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly 7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)- 9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. Was Lot aware of how wicked Sodom and Gomorrah were when he chose the Jordan valley?
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