Lot Chose the Plain and Tore Himself Away From the God of the World

Another interpretation: "for it was all well watered" (Genesis 13:10) as you say, "and he shall make the woman drink" (Numbers 5:24). "Before the LORD destroyed" as you say, "and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground" (Genesis 38:9). "Like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt" like the garden of the LORD for trees, like the land of Egypt for seed crops. (Genesis 13:11) "And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan" like a man who chooses the dowry portion of his mother. "And Lot journeyed from the east [mikedem]" he removed himself from the Ancient One of the world [the eternal God, by wordplay on mikedem]. He said: I want neither Abraham nor his God. (Genesis 13:12) "Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan." You have nothing worse among the cities than Sodom know this, for when a man is wicked they call him a Sodomite. And you have none harsher among the nations than the Amorite know this, for when a man is harsh they call him an Amorite. Rabbi Yose said: You have nothing finer among the cities than Sodom, for Lot went around all the cities of the plain and found no place as fine as Sodom. (Genesis 13:13) "And the men of Sodom were wicked" toward one another; "sinners" in the uncovering of forbidden relations; "against the LORD" in idolatry; "exceedingly" in the shedding of blood.