Lot and his family

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Lot and his family are the small group of relatives in the biblical narrative who are spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah due to Lot’s righteousness.

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Lot and his family canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical group of people ⓘ
characters in the Book of Genesis ⓘ
appearsInChapter Genesis 19 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent destruction of Gomorrah ⓘ
destruction of Sodom ⓘ
commandedTo flee Sodom without looking back ⓘ
culturalImpact frequently referenced in sermons and religious teachings ⓘ
subject of numerous artworks and literary retellings ⓘ
describedIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
ethnicOrReligiousContext patriarchal family in ancient Near Eastern setting ⓘ
fledTo Zoar ⓘ
the mountains near Sodom ⓘ
geographicalContext Gomorrah ⓘ
Jordan plain ⓘ
Sodom ⓘ
guidedBy angels sent by God ⓘ
hasThemeInExegesis contrast between Lot and Abraham ⓘ
intercession of Abraham for Sodom ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryText Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
member Lot ⓘ
Lot’s daughters ⓘ
Lot’s wife ⓘ
moralTheme divine mercy toward the righteous ⓘ
judgment on wickedness ⓘ
obedience to divine command ⓘ
narrativeRole survivors of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ
protectedBy God ⓘ
relatedTo Abraham ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
savedBecauseOf Lot’s righteousness ⓘ
timePeriod patriarchal era in Genesis ⓘ

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people of Lot → contrastedWith → Lot and his family ⓘ