Who
Abraham’s nephew, the son of Haran, who went with him from Haran into Canaan. When their herds grew too large to live together, “Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself” (Genesis 13:11) and settled near Sodom. Abraham rescued him from captivity and pleaded for the city; two angels led Lot and his family out before it was destroyed, but his wife looked back and “became a pillar of salt” (Genesis 19:26). Peter calls him “righteous Lot”, distressed by the lawless (2 Peter 2:7), and Christ warns, “Remember Lot’s wife!” (Luke 17:32). His daughters bore Moab and Ammon, the fathers of Ruth’s people.
Key verses
- Genesis 11:27
Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
- Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one another.
- Genesis 19:26
But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Luke 17:32
Remember Lot’s wife!
- 2 Peter 2:7
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
Where the Bible names him
Named 35 times in 6 books.
- ✓ In the deuterocanon, which the verse index does not cover: found in the text and checked by hand.
Verse index: TIPNR, STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.
Family
- Parents
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him (8 of 31).
- Ambrose of Milan on Luke 17:31–33Catena Aurea on Luke
Because good men must needs on account of the wicked be sore vexed in this world, in order that they may receive a more plentiful reward in the world to come, they are here punished with certain remedies, as it is…
- Augustine of Hippo on Luke 17:31–33Catena Aurea on Luke
For he is on the housetop who, departing from carnal things, breathes as it were the free air of a spiritual life. But the vessels in the house are the carnal senses, which many using to discover truth which is only…
- Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 17:31–33Catena Aurea on Luke
Matthew relates all these things to have been said by our Lord, with reference to the destruction of Jerusalem, that when the Romans came upon them, they who were on the housetop should not come down to take any…
- Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 17:31–33Catena Aurea on Luke
He hereby implies that a persecution will come from the son of perdition upon Christ’s faithful. By that day then He means the time previous to the end of the world, in which let not him who is flying return, nor…
- Ambrose of Milan on Luke 17:31–33 (2)Catena Aurea on Luke
Because thus she looked behind, she lost the gift of her nature. For Satan is behind, behind also Sodom. Wherefore flee from intemperance, turn away from lust, for recollect, that he who turned not back to his old…
- Augustine of Hippo on Luke 17:31–33 (2)Catena Aurea on Luke
Lot’s wife represents those who in time of trouble look back and turn aside from the hope of the divine promise, and hence she was made a pillar of salt as a warning to men not to do likewise, and to season as it…
- Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 17:31–33 (2)Catena Aurea on Luke
Next follows the promise, Whosoever shall seek, &c. as if he said, Let no man in the persecutions of Antichrist seek to secure his life, for he shall lose it, but whoso shall expose himself to trials and death shall…
- Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 17:31–33Catena Aurea on Luke
How a man may lose his own life to save it, St. Paul explains when he speaks of some who crucified their flesh with the affections and lusts, (Gal. 5:24.) that is, with perseverance and devotion engaging in the conflict.