Jo’s Place

God Destroys Sodom and Gomorrah That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom.  Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them.  Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.  “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night.  You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”  “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”  But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him.  Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.  But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.  They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you?  Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”  So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door...

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom The men (who were visiting Abraham) got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom.  As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.  “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the Lord asked.  “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.  …I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just…  Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”  So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant…. I am going down to see if their actions are as wicked as I have heard…. …If not, I want to know.”  The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham.  Abraham approached Him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?  Suppose you fi...