![]() ![]() Now for some reason, Lot chooses to leave Zoar and live in the mountains just as the angels had first suggested. He suggested to the angels that he be allowed to flee to Zoar and they agreed to allow him to live there. When Sodom and Gomorrah were about to be destroyed, Lot was afraid to flee to the mountains as the angels had instructed. It is ironic that Lot chose to live in a cave. Additional thoughts and considerations Living in a cave Where we live and whom we associate with can have a profound impact on who we grow up to become. It stands to reason that children raised in an immoral society such as Sodom, will become perverse themselves. Likewise, children raised by parents that smoke tend to take on the habit of smoking themselves. Children raised by alcoholics tend to become alcoholics themselves. We know that behavior is normalized through repeated exposure so we can assume that living in Sodom must have had a profound effect on Lot and his daughters. ![]() In some ways, the incestuous act of the daughters sleeping with their father, can be seen as a “rebirth” of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot had chosen to live his life amongst sinners and died a penniless, drunk, old man living in a cave. This is the last we hear of Lot in the bible. Ben-Ammi became the father of the Ammonites tribe. The younger daughter gave birth to a son that she named Ben-Ammi. Moab would grow up to become the father of the Moabites. The older daughter gave birth to a son that she named Moab. As a result of this incestuous relationship with their father, both of the sisters became pregnant. Her plan being successful, the older daughter suggested to the younger sister that she also sleep with her father. The older daughter carried through with the plans and Lot was none the wiser. She noted that their father was getting old and suggested to the younger sister, that they give Lot wine to make him drunk and while he was drunk, they would sleep with him. She reminded her younger sister that they were still childless and there were no other men around for the sisters to have sex with. Lot’s oldest daughter came up with an idea that she presented to her younger sister. The Bible does not specify why Lot was afraid to live in Zoar but rather than live in the city, Lot fled to the mountains instead where he and his two daughters lived in a cave. Lot’s daughters conspire to sleep with himīefore God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot was allowed to take his two daughters to the nearby city of Zoar (ZOH-uhr). Lot’s daughters conspire to sleep with him. ![]()
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