Lot (in the Bible)
When Lot was sitting at the gates of Sodom, two angels came to him, wanting to check whether what was said about it was really happening in Sodom. Lot invited the angels to his house, but they said they would sleep outside. Lot begged them a lot and finally persuaded them. He prepared food for them and baked unleavened bread. However, before they had time to go to bed, the inhabitants of the entire city came to his house demanding that the guests be brought to them so that the Sodomites could “get to know them.” Lot came out to the Sodomites with a refusal, offering in exchange his two virgin daughters to do with them as they pleased. The city residents did not like this and began to show aggression towards Lot himself. Then the angels blinded the Sodomites, and Lot and his relatives were ordered to leave the city because it would be destroyed. The sons-in-law who took Lot's daughters for themselves thought it was a joke, and only Lot, his wife and two daughters came out of Sodom. The angels ordered to run up the mountain, without stopping anywhere and without turning around, in order to save the soul. But Lot declared that he could not escape to the mountain and would take refuge in the city of Zoar, to which God agreed and left Zoar intact. On the way away, Lot's wife disobeyed directions and turned around, causing her to turn into a pillar of salt.
Coming out of Zoar, Lot settled in a cave under the mountain with his daughters. The daughters, left without husbands, decided to get their father drunk and sleep with him in order to give birth to descendants from him and restore their tribe. First the eldest did this, the next day the youngest did so; both became pregnant by their father. The eldest gave birth to Moab, the ancestor of the Moabites, and the youngest gave birth to Ben-Ammi, the ancestor of the Ammonites.
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Hello, dear Rav Ovadia Klimovsky! Peace be with you and God's guidance!!! I recently read from the Torah the story of Lot's daughters, and of course many questions arise. For example, the act that was committed with the father is worthy not of encouragement, but of condemnation.
The comment of the sages is amazing: “R. said. Hiya bar Avin, said R. Joshua ben Karkha: “Let a person always hasten to fulfill the commandment. So, for example, because of one night, by which the eldest was ahead of the younger, the offspring of the eldest (i.e. Ruth) were honored to begin the royal family four generations earlier than the youngest (Naamah, Shlomo’s wife."
Why do the sages not only not condemn the act of Lot’s daughters here, but also count it to them as a commandment? And as far as I understand, the sages sometimes do not agree on opinions, there are significant disagreements. But what about the unwise, who should listen to the words of their elders? This is not true. After all, there MUST BE a single standard of what to start from!!! Otherwise, people will do what they think is right. How to know which opinion of the wise men is correct and which is not? Thank you in advance for your answer.
Rabbi Ovadia Klimovsky answers
Hello, dear Evgeniy! Thank you very much for your good wishes and interesting question, which for convenience we will divide into two parts.
1. About Lot's daughters. First of all, let's decide from what point of view we are going to view their action. If from the point of view of relativistic “universal” morality, then there is no question at all - did they harm anyone?
But if you look from the point of view of the Torah, then you should check two aspects: what exactly was done (in this case, any commandment was fulfilled or some prohibition was violated) and - which is always very important, and especially in the light of your question - what motivation of the action.
So, first thing. Rabenu Behaiei writes that in those days there was no prohibition on the relationship between a daughter and a father. Therefore, technically, Lot’s daughters did not violate anything. And they explained their intentions clearly - both believed that there was no one left in the world except them and their father, and therefore they had the responsibility to preserve the human race.
However, there are other statements of the sages about this story, less positive. For example, several collections of midrash, speaking about the events in the desert at the end of the people of Israel’s stay there, cite the words of the sages about the eldest daughter: “She began this debauchery.” (This is how the sages explain the Creator’s stricter attitude towards Moab than towards Ammon). In addition, according to legend, the reason that soon after this incident Abraham left these places, going south, was the desire to get away from the shame that Lot and his daughters brought on the family. From this we can conclude that already in those days the descendants of Noah voluntarily abandoned incestuous relationships, and therefore the act of Lot’s daughters did not bring them honor among the nations.
But here it is necessary to explain why the sages call this debauchery if the girls were guided by altruistic considerations, as mentioned in the gmarah you cited. Perhaps in this case there is no dispute between the sages. The fact is that our intentions when performing various actions are far from always unambiguous. We ourselves often have no idea about some motives. Perhaps something similar is being discussed in our story: of course, the main intention of Lot's daughters was the salvation of the world. Otherwise, there would be no way to set their actions as an example to anyone. But the sages also revealed to us deeper layers of consciousness of Lot’s daughters - at the same time they were going to get pleasure from what they had done, and this is already wrong, because in a normal situation such attitudes are unacceptable. Therefore, the eldest daughter, who did not even try to “detach herself” from forbidden pleasure, earned such an unflattering review in other midrashim.
2. Now about the disagreements of the wise men. This is a very subtle topic, but our approach can be briefly formulated as follows: “The Almighty does not tyrannize his creatures” (Avoda Zara 3a), that is, he does not demand the impossible from them. If we have an obligation to obey the sages, this means that there is necessarily a rule in the Torah that determines who to listen to in case of disagreement.
And we find this rule where the Torah talks about legal proceedings. In particular, she writes: “...bend in favor of the majority” (Shemot 23:2). When the Sanhedrin functioned without interference, all issues of the Law were decided this way - by voting. Of course, after detailed and comprehensive discussion, without politics and pressure, the authority ohm. Until the decision is made, everyone is free to do as his teachers of the Law say, if, of course, they have the right to be called such.
This is in addition to the fact that there are initially different ways of serving the Almighty, equally legitimate and recognized by everyone. After all, let us note finally that the disagreements of the sages, as a rule, only demonstrate the depth and diversity of the Torah (as the sages said: the Torah has 70 “faces”, facets). Each sage, in accordance with the disposition of his soul, can see a special facet in the Torah, and the words of both disputants (even if in practice their opinions are mutually exclusive) can equally reflect the light of the multifaceted crystal of Divine wisdom.
The whole dispute often comes down to just what opinion should serve as a practical guide here in the material world. This is established using the above rules.
What was the reason for writing this article? The fact is that this is not the first time I had to read an offensive note regarding one of the Biblical righteous. This time, the object of attacks from another bold-tongued “clever” was the righteous Lot. Moreover, it was not some pagan who undertook to wash the bones of this righteous man, but a man who called himself a Christian, and he did this, guided by the Bible.
I had previously heard damning sermons based on Pharisaic logic addressed not only to Lot. Christians, not brilliant in their intelligence (although they probably really wanted to just “shine”), “digged through Abraham’s underwear, looking for his unbelief!” They also stuck out their tongues against Jacob, the grandson of Abraham. Noah, Moses, and Samson got it too. Even the apostles Peter and Paul got it! Moreover, you often hear these daring sermons from the lips of seminarians, whose entire literacy is Greek with a dictionary.
These would-be preachers, whose reasoning is based mainly on emotions and lack of education, humiliated the memory of people whom Scripture calls RIGHTEOUS! The good memory of which people preserved and passed on from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation. Their names are not on the black list in the book of books, but are inscribed in the Holy Scriptures in golden letters.
“They are looking for lies, doing investigation after investigation”
Before I start talking about Lot, it is worth touching on the topic of respect for elders. This theme runs like a red thread throughout almost the entire Bible. Respect for elders is the basics! This is the foundation on which you can properly build relationships in the family, in society, and, most importantly, with God. It is He, who wants us to revere Him, who gave commandments about respecting elders, since He Himself is the most senior in this chain. And is it really necessary to treat only the living with respect? And to the memory of the righteous who passed away from this life?
"Lot went with him"
We find the first mention of Lot on the pages of Holy Scripture, which tells us about Abram, who intends to go to a land unknown to him, obeying the voice of God. In general, when we talk about Lot, we inevitably have to talk about Abram. Lot and Abram are relatives. Lot is the son of Haran and nephew of Abraham. Abraham is Lot's uncle. The destinies of these people are connected. They are connected not only by blood ties, but also by something more:
“And the Lord said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee;
And Abram went, as the Lord had told him” (Gen. 12:1-4).
God spoke to Abram and commanded him to leave his land, his family, and go to a land completely unknown to him. Abram obeys Him by faith. Abram was a living person and various thoughts and experiences flashed through his mind. What will be the path? Where is this land? What are the morals of the tribes living there? After all, this journey was fraught with danger.
This narrative is followed by lines talking about our hero: “And Lot went with him” (Gen. 12:4).
It is clear that Abram told Lot about God's command. Lot deliberately followed Abram. But he could have stayed. God personally did not say anything to him (there was no special invitation). But Lot decided to follow Abram into an unknown land, not embarrassed by the danger of the path, rather than remain with pagan kinship. Several thousand years later, the Apostle Paul would write the following lines about the followers of Jesus: “following the steps of the faith of our father Abram” (Rom. 4:12). Now, the first of these followers was Lot. He did not remain in his homeland, but chose to be a stranger and a stranger with Abram.
“But the inhabitants of Sodom were evil and very sinful before the Lord.”
Abram and Lot wander through the promised land. A famine comes and Abram is forced to go to Egypt. The Egyptians did not shine with good morals; they took Abram’s wife. Lot was in Egypt with Abram, and he saw how God interceded for the righteous Abram: “But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with heavy blows because of Sarai Abram’s wife” (Gen. 12:17) I think he remembered this lesson, the essence of which was that God does not abandon friends in trouble.
After this event, a story follows that tells us about the dispute that arose between the shepherds of Abraham and Lot. Notice that the dispute was not between Abraham and Lot. Abraham, as the eldest, takes the initiative and invites Lot to separate from him: “Is not the whole earth before you? Separate yourself from me: if you go to the left, then I will go to the right; and if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.” (Gen.13:9) 
Lot chose the region of Jordan. For this choice, Lot is unreasonably reproached by some critics: “Lot sought to get rich! He was driven by the spirit of profit!” But let me! Was Abraham from the poor ten? What is the fault? Lot, to whom Abraham is his uncle, offers the right to choose. If Lot had chosen the other side, Abraham would have been in his place.
Lot's accusers, who consider him unspiritual, love to quote lines of Scripture that seem to them to confirm their accusatory fervor: “Now the inhabitants of Sodom were evil and sinners exceedingly before the Lord” (Gen. 13:13) That is, Lot knew about this, but being driven by the spirit of profit, he still chose this area. In this regard, I have a simple question: were the people of Egypt who took Sarai from Abram very righteous? Or maybe the Philistine inhabitants were distinguished by their good disposition when they had their sights on Rebekah? All the tribes among which Abraham wandered were subsequently destroyed by God. They were all “very sinful” and very immoral.
Then an accident happens to Lot. During the war between the pagan kings, he will be captured: “And they took Abram’s nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom, and his property and left.” (Gen.14:12) Based on this, our “investigators for especially important cases,” guided by the apparently primitive template of the “prosperity gospel,” say something like this: “He went where he shouldn’t, and that’s why trouble happened to him.”
But what exactly was Lot's sin? The fact that he was robbed and captured? Now, if he robbed someone, then we can talk about his sin (at the same time, it would not be out of place to remember how Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, was also captured. Is he also guilty?)
Abram, having learned about what had happened, helped Lot out, just as God helped Abraham out when his wife was taken away from him. This courageous act of Abram speaks volumes about his friendship and spiritual closeness with Lot.
“Will the judge of all the earth act unjustly?”
Before we begin to understand the events that happened to Lot in Sodom, let's remember what preceded it. And before the burning of the cities, a conversation between God and Abraham. Abraham says: “It is not possible for You to act in such a way that You would destroy the righteous with the wicked, so that the same thing would happen to the righteous as to the wicked; cannot be from You! Will the judge of all the earth act unjustly? (Genesis 18:25)
For whom does God's chosen one intercede? Whom does he call the RIGHTEOUS, separating him from the wicked? Abraham clearly worries about Lot and his family. After all, he knew that his pious nephew lived in Sodom.
When two Angels came to the city, and Lot did not know who they were, he acts like a true righteous man. He hospitably invites them to spend the night in his house. When they do not agree, he still persuades them, knowing what misfortune can happen to them. In the apostolic letter to the Hebrews there are these lines: “Do not forget your love of hospitality, for through it some unknowingly showed hospitality to angels” (Heb. 13:2). For some reason, in this case, they usually only remember the story of Abraham. But why? After all, it is written here: "some". Some are at least two, not one. Lot treats the Angels, not knowing who they are, just as hospitably as Abraham.
Moreover, when the Sodomites approach his house with criminal intentions, Lot is ready to sacrifice his daughters rather than betray his guests. (Do not rush to condemn Lot for these words about his daughters. From the 21st century, with our emancipation, it is difficult for us to understand the culture of that time. The life and honor of a man was then valued much higher than the honor of a woman. Remember the actions of Abraham and Isaac in relation to their wives. When Sarah is taken from Abraham, he prays. And when Lot is taken captive, Abraham immediately gathers a detachment, arms the people and fearlessly attacks the army of several kings.)
But that's not all. Lot courageously risks himself for the sake of his guests. At the same time, pay attention to the speech of the citizens of Sodom! They call it: "stranger" (Genesis 19:9). Lot had always been a stranger to them.
The Apostle Peter, recalling these events, wrote: “For this righteous man, living among them, was daily tormented in his righteous soul, seeing and hearing lawless deeds” (2 Pet. 2:8). Righteous Lot is an example worthy of imitation for us. We, like him, are surrounded by sinners: whether in the family, at work, or in society. And there is no place on earth where we, Christians, could move and get rid of them. And what happened next to Sodom, where Lot lived, is not a punishment for Lot, but salvation. Yes, yes, precisely by SAVING him from the wicked:
“For if God... condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, turned them into ashes, setting an example for future wicked people, and delivered righteous Lot, tired of being treated by violently depraved people... then, of course, the Lord knows how to deliver the pious from temptation. » (2 Peter 4:9) 
By destroying Sodom, God thereby delivered and saved righteous Lot from the depraved Sodomites, although the method of salvation was quite original, as in the case of righteous Noah. However, God does what he wants and how he wants, and is not accountable to anyone for this.
"save your soul"
When Lot was already outside Sodom, he asked for the right to flee not to the mountain where the Angels showed him, but to the small nearby city of Zoar. Just look at God’s answer to this request of the righteous man: “And he said to him, Behold, I will do this also to please you: I will not overthrow the city of which you speak” (Gen. 19:21). For the sake of righteous Lot, God does not destroy the city in which Lot wished to receive shelter. The Creator would not stand on ceremony with a wicked person.
After the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot did not remain in the city of Zoar. Apparently he was afraid that the same fate would befall this city, since the morals of the inhabitants of this city were apparently similar to the morals of the Sodomites.
“And Lot went out from Zoar and began to live in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. And he lived in a cave, and his two daughters with him” (Gen. 19:30).
Then, an event happened to Lot, for which many people condemn him and, starting from this condemnation, they begin, with the suspicion of a biased investigator, to look for any hitches in Lot’s previous life: “This is what it’s come to! But it started small!”
So, what... Lot left the city of Shigor, believing that "Hiroshima" would be followed by "Nagasaki". He is afraid that the wrath of God may soon fall on this city. His fears were not in vain. His two daughters also knew about this. Here are the reasonings of his daughters: “And the eldest said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man on earth who would come to us according to the custom of all the earth.” (Genesis 19:31)
Lot's adult daughters sincerely thought that there were no men left on earth except their father. They care about the continuation of the human race. You say: “But God did not burn the whole earth, but only a few cities.” How were they supposed to know this! Add to this the scale of the disaster. They haven't recovered from the shock yet. They had a memory of the flood in the days of Noah, when Noah and his family remained. And here the situation is similar. Only the flood is fiery. 
The daughters are in a hurry: "our father is old". They have the idea of procreation. From whom? Only from a man. Of all the men, in their opinion, only their father remained. That’s why they decide to do a certain thing, having first given their father a good drink of wine. For what? Because Lot obviously would not have done this sober. You ask: “why did he drink wine?” People have always consumed wine. Even Moses did not introduce prohibition in his strict legislation. Yes, and Lot clearly had no idea about the plans of his daughters. If we take into account all these nuances and take into account the psychological state in which they were, then I personally have no complaints about Lot.
“So it will be on the day when the Son of Man appears”
This is where the Genesis account of Lot ends. And then his name reminds us and not only us of Jesus Christ. When Jesus was asked: “What is the sign of Your coming and the end of the age?”, then He recalls two events from ancient times. The Messiah of Israel recalls events that everyone knew about. These events are the flood in the days of Noah and the burning of Sodom in the days of Lot.
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Just as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
but on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed everyone; so it will be on the day when the Son of Man appears” (Luke 17:26-31).
In both the first and second cases, the same picture is observed. On the one hand - the death of sinners, on the other - the salvation of the righteous. For some it is anger, for others it is mercy. For some it is death, for others it is life. The only difference is that in the first case, God uses water for destruction, and in the second, fire.
Jesus, in the examples he gave, equalizes the status of Noah and Lot. Lot finds himself on the same saving side next to the righteous Noah. These two pious men are teachers for the whole world. Just as God gave life to Noah and Lot, so God will give salvation and eternal life to all who believe in Jesus. Just as God punished sinners in water and fire, so all those who did not believe in the Gospel will reap death.
“I will go down and see whether they are doing exactly what the cry is against them, ascending to Me, or not; I'll find out"
In conclusion, I will give one piece of advice to aspiring preachers. If you decide to expose someone's sin and you need a living example from the Bible. In this case, there are enough characters from the “black list” in Scripture. Criticize Cain, rebuke Eli and his sons, wash the bones of Saul. There are enough people in Scripture who have shown with their lives that it is impossible to live like this.
Do not touch the people whom Scripture calls righteous. Don't you see the difference between them? She's colossal! And if a righteous person committed a sin, for example, like David, then Scripture directly and frankly evaluates such an act as a crime. God has no partiality. Holy Scripture is an honest book. If some act of a saint seems unseemly to you, then do not rush to conclusions. If Scripture does not directly and unequivocally condemn, do not condemn either. Don't get drunk with emotions. Read serious books about the culture and customs of that time. An educated preacher is better than an uneducated one. Learn from God. See how the Judge of all the earth reasons, giving us a lesson: “I will go down and see whether they are doing exactly what the cry is against them, ascending to Me, or not; I will know" (Gen. 18:21)
In jurisprudence there is such a thing as the “presumption of innocence.” (“Presumed” – i.e. assumed.) Everyone accused of committing a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in court. Irremovable doubts about a person’s guilt are interpreted in favor of the accused.
Do not rush to blame the righteous if their actions are not yet clear to you. If Scripture (God) does not clearly and unequivocally condemn any action that at first glance seems not good to you, then do not condemn it either. Is God the judge or you?! If a football referee doesn't blow his whistle, you never know what might appear to the fan watching the TV. And if sports judges sometimes make mistakes, then God - NEVER!
Remember the story when David counted the people of Israel. If Scripture had not condemned his actions, we would not have even guessed that David had done something displeasing in the eyes of God. Well, I counted... so what? What's bad about it? However, from the reaction of the Lord, reflected in Scripture, we understood that David did not do well. We need to reason in exactly the same way when it seems to us that the action of a biblical character is not good, from our point of view. We must look at the Judge's reaction. If God does not condemn, then everything is fine. If the Heavenly Arbiter does not blow the whistle, then there is no violation of the rules. As the ancient Romans said: “silence is a sign of consent.” Otherwise, we become smarter than God.
BE INFAMIINE WITH THE RIGHTEOUS! STAND UP FOR THEM! BE SMART!
One such place is verses 30-38 of chapter 19 of the Book of Genesis, which tells about Lot and his daughters. This place is downright a challenge for many and, unfortunately, there are people who say, citing these verses as an example: “Here is YOUR Bible: only debauchery!”
Lot, his wife and daughters are taken out of Sodom, after which Sodom and Gomorrah experience the wrath of the Lord and perish. Lot’s wife also turns into a pillar of salt, turning towards Sodom, despite the fact that it was said: “...save your soul; do not look back and do not stop anywhere in this region” (Gen. 19:17).
Lot and his daughters live in a cave (Genesis 19:30) and something happens. The eldest daughter says to the younger one, “...let us therefore give our father wine to drink, and let us sleep with him...” (Genesis 19:32).
It would seem that it is a sin, incest, how often they talk about it completely thoughtlessly. However, if we look at further events, we see that the children of Lot's daughters formed the nations of the Moabites and Ammonites, who continually fought with the children of Israel. At the same time, however, Ruth the Moabite was the great-grandmother of David, that is, Lot’s daughters also participated in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:5). Thus, we see that there was some lasting meaning in the actions of Lot's daughters.
And again we need to turn to the Holy Scriptures. “And the older woman said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth who has come in to us according to the custom of all the earth” (Gen. 19:31). It's written very briefly, isn't it? Scripture does not say that the sisters were motivated by lust, perversion. Not at all, the sisters are talking about the custom of the whole earth. Obviously, this means a woman’s sacred duty to give birth. At the same time, the sisters come to the conclusion that a) they have a duty to give birth; b) there is no one to be their husband; c) there is a father who is old. That is, it is only conceivable to give birth to a child from a father, and then only for a short time, since he is old and it is not known whether he will be alive tomorrow. This is the dilemma the sisters are faced with. And for them, duty is not an empty word; they have seen with their own eyes what the sin of failure to fulfill a duty is and what it leads to. What did they know? They knew that their father had left Ur of the Chaldeans, because there was Babylon, debauchery, horror, they saw that where they lived there was also debauchery and horror. Death and destruction are everywhere. At the same time, the Lord saves them. This means that the Lord favors them, which means they have this mission to continue life on earth.
Lot's daughters were religious and morality was not an empty phrase for them. And they did what they did not for themselves, and not to satisfy their desires, and it was bitter to make such a decision, and the elder sister behaved here as befits an elder, she had boldness, she had determination.
Lot in this case did not know what happened, for he was drunk. And chapter 19 talks about this twice. When Scripture repeats itself twice, it is very significant. It is written twice: I didn’t know, I didn’t know.
One might think that the act of intoxication in itself is not very positive. However, for example, John Chrysostom says: “and that this did not happen simply and not without a reason, but the excessive grief of the soul, through the use of wine, brought him to complete insensibility.”
And it is no coincidence that the same John Chrysostom says: “So, let no one dare to condemn a righteous man or his daughters. And wouldn’t it be extreme recklessness and unreasonableness to condemn those whom the Divine Scripture frees from all condemnation, and even offers such a justification for them, to us, burdened with the immeasurable weight of sins, without listening to the words of St. Paul, who says: “God justifies the one who condemns” (Rom. 8:33-34)?
To summarize what has been said, it must be remembered that Lot and his daughters found themselves in a situation that is not ordinary, ordinary. Not everyone will probably be able to overcome such difficult situations. They nevertheless overcame; It’s not for us to say that in a difficult situation they behaved incorrectly, and we would have done better. If there were no Lot's daughters, their children, would there have been David, would there have been Jesus Christ?
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