롯은 아브라함의 조카로서 온 요단 평지를 선택하고 동쪽으로 여정하여 결국 소돔에 정착한 족장이었으며, 그의 선택과 신앙은 족장 시대에 깊은 도덕적 교훈을 남겼다.
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Lot originally journeyed with his uncle Abraham from Ur and Haran, and the blessings of the promised land and the Abrahamic covenant had reached him as well. When Abram's and Lot's possessions became so great that the land could not support them both, and their herdsmen quarreled, Abram proposed that they separate. Lot lifted up his eyes and saw the entire Plain of the Jordan—well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. So Lot chose for himself the whole Plain of the Jordan and journeyed eastward, and the two men separated from each other. Lot moved his tents as far as Sodom and eventually settled in the city, whose people were exceptionally wicked against the Lord. When the two angels came to Sodom at evening, Lot was sitting at the gate—a place in the ancient Near East associated with judgment and hospitality—suggesting that even amid the city he retained some patriarchal customs of welcoming strangers. He saw the visitors, rose to meet them, bowed his face to the ground, and pressed them to stay at his house, faithfully upholding the duty of hospitality. Yet the chaos of that night revealed the corruption of the city he had chosen. By Abraham's intercession and the Lord's mercy, Lot was rescued from Sodom's judgment, and his account became a lasting testimony entwining warning and compassion.