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Lot’s hospitality to angels leads to his rescue and escape from Sodom, which is subsequently destroyed by divine judgment; the chapter ends with the birth of Moab and Ammon from Lot’s daughters.
Lot welcomes two angels at Sodom’s gate and offers them hospitality, but the sinful men of the city threaten his family. The angels protect Lot, who attempts to offer his daughters instead of the men, and they ultimately escort him, his wife, and daughters out of the city. The angels advise Lot to flee to the mountain, but he settles in Zoar, where he later escapes Sodom’s destruction. God rains brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, destroying the cities and their inhabitants, while Lot’s wife turns into a pillar of salt for looking back. The surviving Lot and his daughters move to a cave; fearing lack of men, the daughters drug their father and conceive sons, Moab and Ben‑Ammi, founders of the Moabites and Ammonites.
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depicts sin, judgment, and destruction, tempered by divine mercy and rescue.