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Old 11-01-2010, 11:53 AM
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Re: Why did Lot offer his daughters who ...??

What amazes me is that Lot was called righteous in 2 Peter 2:7-8.
He:
fought with Abraham, who had helped him.
lived in Sodom.
offered two virgin daughters. (my perspective on the original question)
married his other daughters to some of the men standing outside his door that night.
didn't want to leave the city.
slept with his daughters.
And apparently took all this in stride.

What about Lot was righteous?


My personal opinion on the original questions has been that Lot had several daughters. Two were still virgins, living at home. Any others were married to men of the city. He may or may not have tried to get other daughters and sons to come out, but he did try to get the two virgin daughters' fiancés to join them in leaving. That is mentioned because it tied directly into their reasoning later.

Gen 19:12Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else. 13For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.”
14So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.
15At 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!”
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30Afterward 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. 31One 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.
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