Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
The Lord my Master says these things, “These are the borders for dividing the land among the twelve family groups of Israel. Joseph will have two parts.
So Moses gave this command to the people of Israel, “That is the land that you will get. You will throw lots [382] to divide the land among the nine family groups and half of Manasseh’s family group.