Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. The Canaanite border extended south from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Lot looked around and noticed that the whole Jordan plain as far as Zoar was well-watered like the garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

So Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent in the vicinity of Sodom.

Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD.

they engaged in war against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, along with the king of Bela (which was also known as Zoar).

Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (which was also known as Zoar) prepared for battle in the Valley of Siddim

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, so when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of their people fell into them, while the rest fled to the hill country.

The conquerors captured all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, including their entire food supply, and then left.

They also took Abram's nephew Lot captive, and confiscated his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

After Abram's return from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with them, the king of Sodom went out to meet with him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King's Valley).

The king of Sodom told Abram, "Return the people to me, and you take the possessions for yourself."

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

After this, the men set out from there and looked out over Sodom. Abraham went with them to send them off.

The LORD also said, "How great is the disapproval of Sodom and Gomorrah! Their sin is so very serious!

Then two of the men turned away from there and walked toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing in the presence of the LORD.

The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I'll forgive the whole place for their sake."

The two angels entered Sodom at sunset while Lot was sitting in the gate area of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up, greeted them, bowed low with his face to the ground,

Before they could lie down, all the men of Sodom and its outskirts, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,

He looked off toward Sodom, Gomorrah, and the entire plain, and he saw smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.