Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
And beheld
The garden
General references
Bible References
And beheld
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
The plain
Genesis 19:17
Run for your lives! The angels warned. Do not stop and do not look behind you! Escape to the mountains, or you will die.
Deuteronomy 34:3
and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
1 Kings 7:46
He made them of liquid metal in the lowland district of the Jordan River. This was at the river crossing at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.
Psalm 107:34
and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
The garden
Genesis 2:9
Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Isaiah 51:3
Jehovah will surely comfort Zion. He will look with compassion on all her ruins. He will make her deserts like Eden and her wastelands like the garden of Jehovah. Joy and gladness will be found in her along with thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created.
Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in God's garden could not match it. The cypresses could not compare with its boughs. The plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God's garden could compare with it in its beauty.
Joel 2:3
A fire devours before them and behind them a flame burns! The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Yes, none have escaped them.
General references
Genesis 19:25
He destroyed those cities, the whole Plain, all who lived in the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.