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. 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: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 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. 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. 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. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 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.Genesis 19:30-38
Lot’s wife appears to have suffered more damage from the Sodom environment than her husband. The suspicion arises in one’s mind, was it she who pressed Lot into making the decision to go there? We have no means of knowing, but it is possible the case. It is possible that she reasoned, “There is nothing in these empty hills for the children. In the city, at least, they would find other children, find amusement, get a good education and probably be more likely to find husbands. I would also find other women to be friends.”
The two daughters mentioned had either been taken there in childhood, or been born in the city, but their subsequent behaviour shows clearly how the pernicious lifestyle of the cities of the plain had corrupted their thinking. Lot could not have considered the consequences of his decision at the time he parted company with Abraham, but the influence of that step on him and his immediate family and their subsequent history was disastrous—John Barnes
Selah.
Pastor Afolabi Oladele
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