10 Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well watered (this was before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plainD118 of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed SodomD119 and GomorrahD120; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to ZoarD121.
plain - 'Circle.' used for the plain at the mouth of the Jordan, most of which was afterwards covered by the Salt sea. Ch. 14.3. Sodom - Burning. Gomorrah - Submersion. Zoar - Zor, or Zar, in Egypt. not Bela, ch. 14.2,8.
10 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.
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