Genesis 18:1 - 19:38
Three men came to Abraham's tent, while God was hanging out there. He gave them a meal, and they said, "Sarah's having a son soon." She laughed, being well past menopause. God said, "I'm not joking!" Sarah denied laughing, but God said, "I know you did, but don't worry about it."
Abraham and the men headed for Sodom. God said, "Hey Abraham, you're my boy, so here's what's up: Sodom and Gomorrah are really nasty places." The men having continued on their way, Abraham asked, "Hold up - you're gonna kill everybody there? What if there are fifty good people there, you wouldn't kill them?" God said, "Sure, if there are fifty good people, I won't destroy Sodom." Then Abraham slowly talked Him down from fifty to ten, and went home.
Two angels reached Sodom in the evening, and Lot invited them home. All the men of the city came around, wanting a good time with the strangers. Lot offered them his virgin daughters instead, but they said, "We'll do what we like with the strangers, and with you, too!" The angels blinded the men to save Lot from them, and said, "Gather up your family, we're destroying the city." His sons-in-law thought he was crazy, so he left with only his wife and the two aforementioned daughters. After they escaped, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole area with fire and brimstone. His wife looked back, as she'd been warned against, and turned to salt.
Lot's daughters thought they were the only three people left in the world, so they took into upon themselves to preserve the human race by getting him drunk and sleeping with him, giving rise to the filthy Moabites and Ammonites.
Abraham and the men headed for Sodom. God said, "Hey Abraham, you're my boy, so here's what's up: Sodom and Gomorrah are really nasty places." The men having continued on their way, Abraham asked, "Hold up - you're gonna kill everybody there? What if there are fifty good people there, you wouldn't kill them?" God said, "Sure, if there are fifty good people, I won't destroy Sodom." Then Abraham slowly talked Him down from fifty to ten, and went home.
Two angels reached Sodom in the evening, and Lot invited them home. All the men of the city came around, wanting a good time with the strangers. Lot offered them his virgin daughters instead, but they said, "We'll do what we like with the strangers, and with you, too!" The angels blinded the men to save Lot from them, and said, "Gather up your family, we're destroying the city." His sons-in-law thought he was crazy, so he left with only his wife and the two aforementioned daughters. After they escaped, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole area with fire and brimstone. His wife looked back, as she'd been warned against, and turned to salt.
Lot's daughters thought they were the only three people left in the world, so they took into upon themselves to preserve the human race by getting him drunk and sleeping with him, giving rise to the filthy Moabites and Ammonites.