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The Flight of Lot and His Family from Sodom, painted by Jacob Jordaens, shows an angel guiding Lot and his family as Lot's wife looks back, with dramatic expressions and rich colors. Etching by Paul Ponce Antoine Robert-de-Seri showing Lot seated at a doorway, gesturing to invite two angels, depicted as young men in robes, into his house. Lot and his family flee the burning city of Sodom in a Renaissance-style illustration after Raphael; Lot's wife looks back as flames engulf the city behind them. Lot and his two daughters walk away from burning Sodom in the background, while Lot's wife, turned into a pillar of salt, stands behind them. Painting by Albrecht Durer. Hand-colored woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle shows Lot and his family led by an angel away from burning Sodom, with Lot's wife depicted as a pillar of salt. Persian illuminated manuscript showing Lot speaking with the angel Jibra'il; Lot's family sits nearby and the destroyed city of Sodom appears in the background.
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The Flight of Lot and His Family from Sodom, painted by Jacob Jordaens, shows an angel guiding Lot and his family as Lot's wife looks back, with dramatic expressions and rich colors.
The Flight of Lot and His Family from Sodom An angel coaxes Lot, his wife, and his daughters to leave Sodom before its destruction. Painting by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1618; in the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.

Lot

biblical figure
Also known as: Lōṭ
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Charles Preston is Associate Editor for Religion at Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Lot, in the Hebrew Bible, a nephew of the patriarch Abraham and a central figure in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. As told in the Book of Genesis, Lot is spared from God’s destruction of Sodom, but his wife famously looks back as they flee and turns into a pillar of salt. He is later referred to in texts of Rabbinic Judaism, the New Testament, and the Qurʾān. Lot’s story and that of his...

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