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Verse 28

Genesis 13:13  Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against Adonai.

Verse 29

Genesis 19:16-17  But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, Adonai being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.”

Verse 32

Genesis 19:26  But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt (נציב מלח, ne’tziv melach). [“salt” (26x in Tanach) = symbol of permanence / Ne’tziv = “prefect, garrison, post” – 13x in Tanach.]

Wisdom of Solomon 10:7  The pillar of salt stands there as a monument to a disobedient soul.

Verse 33

b.Tamid 66a. “What should a person do so that he may live?” They answered, “Let him kill himself!” “And what should a person do so that he may die?” They answered, “Let him live for himself”

Proverbs 19:16a  He who guards the commandment guards his soul. [שמר מצוה שמר נפשו]

Days of Noach

• Business as usual
  • “marrying”
• Man’s wickedness was great
• Destruction by WATER
• World affected
• 8 people saved
• On a mountain:
  • Drunkenness
  • Abuse by son
  • Grandson cursed (Canaan)
• Found grace in Gods eyes (6:8)
• “Righteous man, blameless in his generation” (6:9)
• Noah does not speak BEFORE the destruction
• Depended on NOAH’s work
• Was ACTIVELY righteous
• “The days of the Son of Man” (17:26)

Days of Lot

• Business as usual
  • No marrying
• Men were great sinners “against Adonai”
• Destruction by FIRE
• Sodom & Gomorrah affected
• 4 (-1) = 3 people saved
• In a cave
  • Drunkenness
  • Abuse by daughters
  • Grandson ‘cursed’ (Moab)
• Found grace in God’s eyes (19:19)
• “righteous” (2Peter 2:7-8)
• Lot does not speak AFTER the destruction
• Did not depend on LOT’s work
• Was PASSIVELY righteous
• “The day the Son of Man is revealed” (17:30)