Genesis 13:10
Lot looked over the whole Jordan valley towards Zoar, and saw that it was well-watered, looking like the Garden of Eden, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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11So Lot chose the whole Jordan valley and went east, and the two separated from each other.
Cross References
Genesis 2:8The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
Genesis 6:2and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted.
Genesis 14:8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (otherwise known as Zoar) marched out and prepared for battle in the Valley of Siddim.
Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Numbers 32:1The tribes of Reuben and Gad had large numbers of livestock and saw that the land of Jazer and Gilead was a good place to rear them.
1 Kings 7:46The king had them cast in molds made of clay in the Jordan valley between Succoth and Zarethan.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:6-10
Lot's Separation from Abram. ( b. c. 1917.) 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my… Read the whole commentary →