Cities of the plain

The cities of the plain of the River Jordan, chosen by Lot as a place of residence

Genesis 13:10–12

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company. Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Abraham rescues their inhabitants

See also Genesis 14:1–24

Abraham prays for their inhabitants

Genesis 18:17–33

Judgment on their sin

Genesis 19:1–29

The cities of the plain as symbols of sin and judgment

Deuteronomy 29:23; Luke 17:28–29

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.