Genesis 11:27

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Genesis 11:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

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Genesis 11:31

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.

Genesis 12:4

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 13:1

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

Genesis 13:2

And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

Genesis 13:3

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

Genesis 13:4

to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:5

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

Genesis 13:6

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

Genesis 13:7

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.

Genesis 13:8

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 brothers.

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

Genesis 13:10

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.)

Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

Genesis 14:12

They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

Genesis 19:1

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,

Genesis 19:2

and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 19:3

But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Genesis 19:5

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!”

Genesis 19:6

Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

Genesis 19:7

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

Genesis 19:8

Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

Genesis 19:9

“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.

Genesis 19:10

But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Genesis 19:11

And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

Genesis 19:12

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,

Genesis 19:13

because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 19:14

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.

Genesis 19:15

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.”

Genesis 19:16

But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

Genesis 19:17

As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Genesis 19:18

But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

Genesis 19:19

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Genesis 19:20

Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

Genesis 19:21

“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

Genesis 19:22

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:23

And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Genesis 19:25

Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

Genesis 19:26

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:27

Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

Genesis 19:28

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Genesis 19:29

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.

2 Peter 2:7

and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless