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Which members of Lot's family escaped the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, oil on wood by Joachim Patinir, c. 1520; in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
According to the account in Genesis, the members of Lot's family who successfully escaped the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah were Lot and his two daughters.123
While the angels initially instructed Lot to flee with his wife and both daughters, Lot’s wife failed to follow the divine command to not look back as they fled. Consequently, she was turned into a pillar of salt, leaving only Lot and his two daughters to reach safety in the hills.123