Lot
According to the Bible, Lot (Hebrew: לוֹט, Modern Lot Tiberian
Lôṭ ; "veil"; "hidden, covered"[1]) was the nephew of the
patriarch Abraham, or Abram. He was the son of Abraham's
brother Haran (Gen. 11:27). Abraham's brother Nahor became
Lot's brother in law by marrying Milcah, Lot's sister......
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lot:
I. Personality.
The man who bore the name Lot (lot; Lot) is mentioned for
the first time in Gen 11:27, at the beginning of that
section of Genesis which is entitled "the generations of
Terah." After Terah's 3 sons are named, it is added that the
third of these, Haran, begat Lot.
The reason for thus singling out but one of the grandsons of ...
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-1. Feast of
See PURIM
-2. The son of Haran
Accompanies Terah from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran
Ge 11:31
Migrates with Abraham to the land of Canaan
Ge 12:4
Accompanies Abraham to Egypt
Returns with him to Beth-el
Ge 13:1-3
Rich in flocks, and herds, and servants
Separates from Abraham, and locates in Sodom
Ge 13:5-14
Taken captive by C...
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(veil or covering), the son of Haran, and therefore the
nephew of Abraham. Ge 11:27,31 (B.C. before 1926-1898.) His
sisters were Milcah the wife of Nahor, and Iscah, by some
identified with Sarah. haran died before the emigration of
Terah and his family from Ur of the Chaldees, ver. 28, and
Lot was therefore born there. He removed with the res...
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(Heb. goral, a "pebble"), a small stone used in casting
lots
(Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted
to by the
Hebrews with strictest reference to the
interposition of God,
and as a method of ascertaining the divine will
(Prov. 16:33),
and in serious cases of doubt (Esther 3:7). Thus the
lot was
used at the division of the la...
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Haran's son, Abraham's nephew (Genesis 11:27-31). Born in Ur
of the Chaldees, before Terah's emigration. Accompanied Abram
to Charan, then to Canaan (Genesis 12:4-5), then, in the
famine, to Egypt. On their return a quarrel arose between
Abram's and Lot's herdsmen. In the spirit of a child of God
Abram goes to Lot himself, instead of listening...
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