Jo’s Place

​ Lot’s Daughters Sin Afterward (after Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed), Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.  One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else.  And our father will soon be too old to have children.  Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him.  That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”  So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father.  He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.  The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night.  Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him.  That way we will preserve our family line through our fathe...

​ God saves Lot and his daughters   At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent.  “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”  When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.  When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”  “Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.  “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness.  But I cannot go to the mountains.  Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.  See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? …Then my life will be sa...

​ Abram Rescues Lot About this time war broke out in the region.  King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).  This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea).  For twelve years they had been subject to King Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.  One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as Elparan at the edge of the wilderness.  Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.  Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Ad...

​ Abram and Lot go separate ways …Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.  ( Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. )  From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.  This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.  Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.  But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.  So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot.  ( At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land. )  Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives! The whole coun...