JD Abshire

Genesis 11:27 "These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot."

Lot obvious was Abram's nephew.


Genesis 11:31 "Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there."

Ur of the Chaldeans: city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan.
(Courtesy of http://www.blbclassic.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm? Strongs=H218&t=KJV).

Referring to Abraham, Deuteronomy 26:5 tells us that Abraham and Lot were of Syrian descent. " And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:"

Genesis 19:8 reveals he had 2 virgin daughters at home. " Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."

In addition, others who were married. " And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. (Genesis 19:14)

According to the account in Genesis 19:15, only the tw virgin daughters escaped The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. " And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

The two later ended up seducing Lot (incest), had one son each who became the progenitors of the Ammonites and Moabites. 
(Genesis 19:31- 35)

V. 36-38 "Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day."

The Moabites and Ammonites were the occupants of the twin cities Jericho and Ai, which were later destroyed. (See Joshua chapters 2-7).

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