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Genesis 19 |
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| 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with
his face toward the ground; |
 (19:1-5)
"Bring them out unto us, that we may know them."
The two angels that visit Lot wash their feet, eat, and are sexually irresistible to
Sodomites.
Do angels have sex?
 Sodom and Gomorrah
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| 19:2
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise
up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
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| 19:3
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered
into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and
they did eat.
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| 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house
round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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(19:4-5)
"Bring them out unto us, that we may know them."
Two angels are staying at Lot's house when all
the men of Sodom come to visit. They ask Lot to bring the angels out
so that they can have sex with them.
What was the sin of Sodom?
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| 19:5
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night?
bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
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| 19:6
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
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| 19:7
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. |
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| 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out
unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these
men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
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 (19:8)
"I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out
unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes."
Lot refuses to give up his angels to the perverted mob, offering his two "virgin
daughters" instead. He tells the bunch of angel rapers to "do unto them [his daughters] as is good in
your eyes." This is the same man that is called "just" and "righteous" in 2 Peter 2:7-8.
Was Lot a righteous man?
(Carm says that the reason 2 Peter calls Lot just and
righteous is that the author just forgot about all the stuff about Lot in Genesis 19.)
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| 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to
sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee,
than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near
to break the door.
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| 19:10
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them,
and shut to the door.
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| 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness,
both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
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| 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy
sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them
out of this place: |
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| 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great
before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. |
(19:13) "We will destroy this place."
Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?
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| 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will
destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. |
(19:14)
"His sons in law, which married his daughters"
Lot lied about his daughters being "virgins" in v. 8. His daughters were
married, and therefore not likely to be virgins. But, hey, it was a "just and
righteous" lie, intended to make them more attractive to the sex-crazed mob.
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| 19:15
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise,
take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed
in the iniquity of the city.
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| 19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand
of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful
unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. |
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| 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. |
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| 19:18
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: |
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| 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: |
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| 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh,
let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. |
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| 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing
also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken. |
(19:20-21, 30)
"I will not overthrow this city."
Did Lot's daughters think God had killed every man except Lot?
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| 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come
thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. |
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| 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. |
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| 19:24
Then the LORD rained
upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
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(19:24)
"The LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire."
God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by
raining "fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven." Well, almost
everyone -- he spares the "just and righteous" Lot
and his family. Although many Christians consider this story to be a condemnation of
homosexuality, others disagree. See The story of Sodom
at ReligiousTolerance.org for an
excellent discussion of this topic.
Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?
God's 3rd Killing
(19:26)
"She became a pillar of salt."
Lot's nameless wife looks back, and God turns her into a pillar of salt.
God's 4th Killing
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| 19:25
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants
of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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| 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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| 19:27
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before
the LORD:
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| 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the
plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of
a furnace.
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| 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God
remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he
overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. |
(19:30-38)
"Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father."
Lot and his daughters camp out in a cave
for a while. The daughters get their "just and righteous" father
drunk, have sexual intercourse with him, and each conceives and bears a son
(wouldn't you know it!). Neither Lot nor his daughters are criticized here or anywhere else in the Bible.
It's just another wholesome family values Bible story.
Was Lot a righteous man?
(19:31)
"There is not a man in the earth to come in unto us."
Did Lot's daughters think God had killed every man except Lot?
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| 19:30
And Lot went up out of
Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he
feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
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| 19:31
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to
come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
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| 19:32
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve
seed of our father.
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| 19:33
And they made their
father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her
father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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| 19:34
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also;
and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our
father. |
 The Seduction of Lot
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| 19:35
And they made their
father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him;
and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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| 19:36
Thus were both the
daughters of Lot with child by their father. |
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| 19:37
And the first born
bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the
Moabites unto this day. |
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| 19:38
And the younger, she
also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of
the children of Ammon unto this day. |
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