Family Tree: Lot
Generation 22 from Adam
Biography
Abraham's nephew who traveled with him to Canaan. Lot chose to live in the well-watered plain near Sodom despite its wickedness. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, angels rescued Lot and his family, though his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt. Peter calls Lot a righteous man tormented by the wickedness around him.
Biblical Significance
Lot demonstrates the danger of choosing worldly prosperity over spiritual separation. His rescue from Sodom prefigures God's deliverance of believers from judgment.