Atlas Biblica

    person

    Lot

    לוֹטΛώτ

    Lot, the nephew of Abraham, was rescued from Sodom before its destruction.

    verses
    34
    first named
    Genesis 11:27
    last named
    2 Peter 2:8
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Early Patriarch

    Description

    Who was Lot?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Lot was the son of Haran and the nephew of Abraham (Gen.11.27,31). He traveled with Abraham from Ur to Canaan (Gen.12.4-5). Due to strife between their herdsmen, Lot chose to settle in the plain of Jordan near Sodom (Gen.13.1-13). Lot was captured when Sodom was invaded, but Abraham rescued him (Gen.14.12,16). Despite the wickedness of Sodom, Lot continued living there (Gen.19.1). When God revealed His plan to destroy the city, Abraham pleaded for Lot's safety (Gen.18.16-33). Two angels warned Lot to flee Sodom with his family (Gen.19.1-22). Lot's wife disobeyed and was turned into a pillar of salt (Gen.19.26; Luk.17.32). Lot and his daughters escaped to Zoar and later settled in a cave (Gen.19.30). Lot's daughters, believing they were the last survivors, got him drunk and slept with him, resulting in the births of Moab and Ammon (Gen.19.31-38; Psa.83.8). The New Testament describes Lot as a righteous man distressed by the debauchery of Sodom (2Pe.2.7). Jesus used Lot's story as a warning about the suddenness of His return (Luk.17.28-29).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Lot 10 of 19 entities the graph connects to Lot, in 4 groups: kinship 1, company 1, ground 1, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.TerahDescendant of · 3 events · 10 versesKinshipAbrahamAssociated with · 10 events · 275 versesCompanySodomLocated in · 5 events · 48 versesGroundEgypt1 event · 649 versesCanaan2 events · 146 versesLiving1 event · 94 versesWine2 events · 92 versesChaldea1 event · 90 versesSarah5 events · 48 versesHaran2 events · 12 versesEventsLot

    The 10 best-attested of 19 are drawn. All 19 are listed below.

    Associated with

    Child of

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 13 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Lot happens All 8 places the claims about Lot reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Sodom, Egypt, Canaan, Chaldea, Gomorrah, Haran, Ur, Zoar. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Lot there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.SodomEgyptCanaanChaldeaGomorrahHaranUr
    the PatriarchsAll 8 places the claims about Lot reach

    The pattern

    Where Lot is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 34 verses across 5 of 66 books; 61 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSGENESIS27 VERSESPSALMS1 VERSELUKE3 VERSES22 books and 345 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 34 verses across 5 of 66 books; 61 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSGENESIS27 VERSESPSALMS1 VERSELUKE3 VERSES22 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Lot is named in 34 verses, and the name is written 37 times in them — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 61 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 34, across 5 books. The name is written 37 times in them.

    1. Genesis27 verses

      11:2711:3112:412:513:113:513:713:813:1013:1113:1213:1414:1214:1619:119:519:619:919:1019:1219:1419:1519:1819:2319:2919:3019:36

    2. Deuteronomy2 verses

      2:92:19

    3. Psalms1 verse

      83:8

    4. Luke3 verses

      17:2817:2917:32

    5. 2 Peter1 verse

      2:7

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Haran and Abraham, and 2 moreNahorSon of Terah, Abraham's brother; father of Bethuel.via Haran and Abraham, and 1 moreSarahWife of Abraham; mother of Isaacvia TerahNahorSon of Serug; father of Terah, Abraham's father.via MilcahBethuelFather of Rebekah, Isaac's wifevia MilcahBuzSon of Nahor, Abraham's brothervia MilcahChesedSon of Nahor, Abraham's nephewvia MilcahHazoA son of Nahor, Abraham's brother.via MilcahJidlaphSon of Nahor and Milcahvia MilcahKemuelA son of Nahor and Milcah
    ElsewhereGenealogy of LotEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on