Both daughters conceive and eventually give birth to two sons, Moab and Ben-ammi—the eponymous ancestors of the Moabites and Ammonites. There are many examples of such accounts in the Hebrew Bible. As Israel had a long history of hostile relations with the Moabites and Ammonites, it is not surprising that some of the biblical authors would have wanted to take a jab at them by recounting their origins as incestuous.
Hilary Lipka, "Lot and His Daughters", n. Explaining the origin of a feature of the world, e. Hebrew is regarded as the spoken language of ancient Israel but is largely replaced by Aramaic in the Persian period. The set of Biblical books shared by Jews and Christians.
A more neutral alternative to "Old Testament. She introduced me to Jesus as a teenager. I thank God for her. She tells me all the time to get us out of Washington state as it is a present day Sodom with some of the most anti-Christian state laws and leaders in the country.
Thanks Doc. We cannot do much with one and even with two although more , but a threefold cord, not that is vital when the third cord is God. Genesis And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Lot was a righteous man… but he had made peace with the world.
He liked living in sodom… even though it was a wicked place. He got them to his house as quick as possible. He wanted to talk them out of destroying the town. He knew God. He believed in Him and all of His power. These were agents of God. He knew they could take care of themselves. He was worried about protecting the city and the life he had made there. These children happened to be girls.
Their thoughts get twisted. I have to say DocReits, that is the best comment I have read in a long time. His father was dead. Hello Mr. Why do research? You need to read the Bible more and not depend on blogs to form you opinion or attack the writings of others so I pray you repent of your bitterness and judgmental attitude sir. What about John ? Notify me of followup comments via e-mail.
When a person allows himself to get drunk, he cannot abdicate responsibility for all of the poor choices he makes while drunk. And here is a classic case why God commands His people to never get drunk Ephesians When a person is drunk his ability to control himself is greatly diminished and he opens himself up to many temptations. Third, even while drunk Lot likely had some sense of what was going on. The idea should have horrified him.
But in his weakened state, he gave in to the temptation. Fourth, Lot did not just commit this sin once, but twice. Surely he must have woken up the next day after the first time with a horrible sense of guilt and shame. And yet he allowed the same thing to happen again. It appears there was some part of him that was a willing participant in this scheme. Genesis — The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. Here we see something positive from Lot, finally! He shows hospitality to these strangers.
Having lived in Sodom for some time, Lot knew the dangers these men faced spending a night out in the open.
And Lot wanted to protect them from any harm. After they first reject his invitation, he continues insisting. Lot could have given up, but his conscience demanded that he do everything in his power to protect them. Thus we see that Lot did not sell out to the culture. And neither did he turn a blind eye or empower it. Instead we see in these verses that in his own way he is fighting against it. The problem is that it is a losing battle for him. It is so hard for one person to stand against a tidal wave of peer pressure.
Activity : Assign one person in your Bible study group to stand on a chair. And another person is on the ground. The person on the chair must try to lift the person from the ground to the chair and the person on the ground must try to pull the one on the chair to the ground. What do you think will happen? The one on the ground has a big advantage, gravity. This is like the struggle between believers and unbelievers. Heeded the warning and left Sodom — Lot finally did leave the city.
He had to be practically dragged out, but he did go with the angels Genesis It is probably true that not a single other person in all of Sodom would have heeded the warning and left. But Lot did. He believed the angels. The culture of the city he lived in influenced him. When the angels were staying with him, he offered up his daughters to be sexually assaulted by the men in the city. Later he committed drunken incest with them.
How can such a man be called righteous? Clearly it was not a righteousness of his own. Lot is a reminder that no person has righteousness of themselves. Romans — For what does the Scripture say? Lot did believe God and because of his faith God did save him. He was not a perfect man or even close to it. His conduct was influenced by the people he lived with. But whereas they sold themselves out to pursuing and enjoying sin, Lot clearly had an internal struggle with it.
We too make foolish mistakes and commit terrible sins like Lot did. But the fact that inspired Scripture calls him righteous is an important lesson to us about where righteousness comes from. In a similar manner, we too can be righteous before God, not because of our own deeds, but because He imputes it to us in His abundant grace and mercy.
Important acts and events : Ancestor of Moabites and Ammonites Genesis Proverbs — Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Lot is practically a case study of this very verse. He had the opportunity to choose where he would live and whom he would associate with. Lot could have chosen a place near Abraham.
He could have maintained close ties with the father of faith and continued to learn from and follow the example of this giant of faith. Instead he chose to live among one of, if not the most, perverted societies in the history of the world. It is no surprise then that he and his family did suffer great harm. Application : Choose your friends and the friends of your children wisely.
It is important too surround yourself with wise companions. That means join a strong Bible believing church. Then take initiative to make close and godly friendships. The sins of a father affects the whole family — Lot made the choice to move to Sodom, moving his entire family there. There is no evidence that he consulted his wife or children.
But even if he did, the final responsibility rested with him. Their proximity caused problems between their respective herdsmen, who started arguing and fighting over the limited grazing area that was available for their animals. Abram, trying to find a solution to this problem, proposed that he and Lot should separate amicably and move to new territory.
Abram gave Lot first choice, and he settled in the well-watered valley of the Jordan, near the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abram went to live in the plain of Mamre, near Hebron, and built there an altar to God, who renewed His promise to give all the land that Abram could see to him and his descendants.
Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, was the overlord of several kingdoms. Bera, king of Sodom, was one of his vassals. After serving him for 12 years, Bera and four other kings rebelled and formed an alliance.
The victors took a number of prisoners, including Lot, and returned to their own countries, loaded with all the goods from Sodom and Gomorrah that they could carry. A man who managed to escape from Chedorlaomer came to Abram and told him that Lot had been captured and was being taken away.
Abram armed of his servants and—with his allies Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre—pursued the four kings, until he caught up with them near the city of Dan.
There, he divided his men in groups; attacked the enemy that night; and defeated them, chasing them back as far as Hobah, near Damascus. He succeeded in recovering all the stolen loot. He liberated Lot and brought him to Sodom with all his possessions; the women who had been captured and other prisoners were also recovered.
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