1583. Verse 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and he saw all the plain of Jordan, that the whole of it was well-watered, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.

'And Lot lifted up his eyes' means that the external man received light from the internal. 'And he saw all the plain of Jordan' means the goods and truths that resided with the external man. 'That the whole of it was well-watered' means that they are able to grow there. 'Before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah' means before the external man was destroyed by desires for evil and by persuasions of falsity. 'Like the garden of Jehovah' means rational concepts in the external man. 'Like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar' means facts acquired from affections for good. These statements mean that the external Man appeared to the Lord as it is in its beauty when joined to the Internal Man.