Genesis 19 Lot

Genesis 19:1-3- The angels arrival – Greeting.
How is this greeting different or similar to the greeting these angels got in 18:1-8 from Abraham?

Lot’s Progression
13:10-11 Lot lifted up his eyes to the valley of the Jordan/Moved his tents to Sodom.
19:1 Now he is sitting in the gate of Sodom (v9: says acting like a judge)

Read 19:4-10 Neighbors?
This passage demonstrates how wicked the people of Sodom and become.
What does this passage tell us about Lot’s character?
He wanted to protect the angels,
He would offer his own daughters to do so,
He knew what would happen if the angels stayed in the square (he thought),
He was powerless to resist the level of evil at hand.

Read 19:11-14 The angels struck the raiders blind, The angels tell him to get is family and get out before the place goes up in smoke. His sons-in-law thought it was a joke.

Read 19:15-26 Lot and his daughters and wife escape, she looks back, fire and brimstone rain.
Lot negotiated with the angels, but not in an intercessory way, he was asking for accommodation for his own party.
Lot’s wife was unnamed, but she is famous for looking back.
Why do you think she turned back?

Read 19:27-29 Abraham went back to the place where he had prayed (maybe the alter).
God answered his prayer.
Did God answer Abraham’s prayer? What does this tell us about intercession?

Read 19:30-38. Lot’s daughters got him drunk, had sex with him and became pregnant. One bore Moab, one bore Ammon.
"Lot was able to take his daughters out of Sodom, but he was not able to take . . . Sodom out of his daughters."
The environment of Sodom must have had an influence on Lot’s daughters.

Who do you surround yourself with? Where do you spend your time? How important is our daily interactions with others? It is foolish for a believer to become attached to the things of this world. They will corrupt him, and God can destroy them swiftly and suddenly.

What did God reveal about Himself in this chapter?