Genesis 13:10-13
13:10 a What appealed to Lot would be short-lived. In the garden of the Lord, Adam and Eve succumbed to their craving for what they saw; Israel was later enslaved in Egypt. Sodom and Gomorrah are reminders of putting intense desires ahead of obedience to God (3:5-6 b; see 1 Jn 2:16 c).• Zoar was a small town in the plain to which Lot and his daughters later fled (19:18-22 d); it was previously called Bela (14:2 e).
Summary for Gen 13:11-18: 13:11-18 f The narrator makes numerous contrasts between Lot and Abram. 13:11 g Lot’s choice was totally selfish, without concern for Abram or faith in the Lord.
• The region called the whole Jordan Valley (literally the circle of the Jordan) is believed to have been near the south end of the Dead Sea, based on descriptions in ancient records that locate cities of the Plain. This area is now very desolate.
13:13 h The implication is that Lot would not resist Sodom’s influence because he, too, was living for himself.
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