¹⁰ Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley^(A) as far as^[a] Zoar^(B) was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden^(C) and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.^(D)

³ He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan,^(A) preaching a baptism of repentance^[a] for the forgiveness of sins,