It must have seemed to be the perfect place to settle his family, since “Lot chose for himself the whole District of the Jordan ” and set up camp near Sodom.
وَلَا بُدَّ أَنَّهَا بَدَتْ لَهُ مَكَانًا مِثَالِيًّا لِيَسْتَقِرَّ فِيهِ مَعَ عَائِلَتِهِ .‏