Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, 'There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'"GENESIS 20:11+The Weakness of a SaintAlthough Abraham is full of fa...  Read More

Abimelech had not approached [Sarah]. So he said, "Lord, will You kill an innocent people? Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' "GENESIS 20:4-5+T...  Read More

From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.GENESIS 20:1+A Lodging Place for the NightThe prophets and other saints pond...  Read More

[Lot's firstborn said to her sister,] "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father."GENESIS 19:32+No One Is BetterYou will ask: "B...  Read More

So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow.GENESIS 19:29+The Prayer of a BelieverWhat Moses has here added about...  Read More

But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.GENESIS 19:26+Departing from God's CommandLot's wife is held up to us as an example by Christ's teaching, for He refers to her ...  Read More

The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven.GENESIS 19:23-24+Salvation and DestructionLet us comfort ou...  Read More

He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken."GENESIS 19:22+The Will of GodIt was God's will that the city of Zoar should be destro...  Read More

[Lot said,] "I cannot escape to the hills, lest disaster overtake me and I die. Behold, this city is near enough to flee to. . .. Let me escape there."GENESIS 19:19-20+A Sincere PrayerThis account ser...  Read More

"Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away."GENESIS 19:17+Do Not Look BackThis, too, serves for our instruction; for whenever y...  Read More

But [Lot] lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.GENESIS 19:16+Unwise Del...  Read More

As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."GENESIS 19:15+The Just Punishment of Sin...  Read More