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Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
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A Choice Based on Sight, Not Faith
Commentators unanimously agree that Lot's choice was based on worldly criteria. He saw the fertile land and focused on his own advantage, ignoring the profound wickedness of the people he would live among. This serves as a powerful warning that prioritizing material gain over spiritual well-being can lead to disastrous consequences, as one scholar notes, "that is best for us which is best for our souls."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
The plain of Jordan. —This word, Ciccar, literally means the circuit, or, as it is translated in Matthew 3:5,
16th Century
Protestant
And Lot lifted up his eyes. Just as Abram's equity was worthy of considerable praise, so Lot's inconsideration, which Moses describes here…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Lot lifted up his eyes He immediately fell in with Abram's proposal, but had not the ingenuity to return back th…
When Abram offered Lot the choice, he immediately accepted it. Passion and selfishness make people rude. Lot looked to the goodness of the land; th…
