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The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible gathers nearly 5,000 alphabetically ordered articles that thoroughly yet clearly explain all the books, persons, places, and significant terms found in the Bible. The Dictionary also explores the background of each biblical book and related writings and discusses cultural, natural, geographical, and literary phenomena—matters that Bible students at all levels...

(vv. 14–17). Lot is not the promised heir. Genesis provides genealogies for Ishmael (Gen. 25:12–18) and Isaac (vv. 19–20), but none for Eleazar and Lot. Bibliography. J. Blenkinsopp, The Pentateuch (New York, 1992), 98–133; L. R. Helyer, “The Separation of Abram and Lot,” JSOT 26 (1983): 77–88; S. P. Jeansonne, “The Characterization of Lot in Genesis,” BTB 18 (1988): 123–29. NANCY L. DECLAISSEÉ-WALFORD (Heb. lôṭān) A son of Seir (Gen. 36:20, 22; 1 Chr. 1:38–39); a chief of Horite peoples
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