Study it in the app“Lot went up from Zoar and lived on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid to live in Zoar; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.”
Lotלוֹטwent upוַיַּעַלfrom Zoarמִצּוֹעַרand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבon the mountain,בָּהָרand his twoוּשְׁתֵּיdaughtersבְנֹתָיוwith him,עִמּוֹforכִּיhe was afraidיָרֵאto liveלָשֶׁבֶתin Zoar;בְּצוֹעַרand he livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin a cave,בַּמְּעָרָהheהוּאand his twoוּשְׁתֵּיdaughters.בְנֹתָיו
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsZoar
See it on the mapWhere else “tsoar” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venotay” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yare” appearscave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appearsZoar ?
Today: possibly Safi, south of the Dead Sea, Jordan
A small town near the Dead Sea; its site is not known for certain.
Lot fled there when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; the town was spared because of his plea (Gen 19:20-22).
29So it was that when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, Elohim remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overturning, when he overturned the cities in which Lot had lived.
30 · This verse (above)
31The older said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
1. What it says
How was Lot’s family brought out of Sodom, and what happened to Lot’s wife (vv. 15-26)?
2. What it means
What does the text show about Elohim’s mercy in bringing Lot out of the city (vv. 16, 29)?
3. How I live it
What from the past is hard for you to let go of, and what step could help you move forward?
