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Genesis 19:28-30
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 19:28-30
New Catholic Bible
28 He looked down from the height on Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire extension of the valley, and he saw smoke rising out of the earth, like the smoke coming out of a furnace.
29 Thus God, who destroyed the cities of the valley, remembered Abraham and had Lot flee from the disaster, while he destroyed the cities in which Lot had been living.
30 Degeneration of Lot’s Children.[a] Lot then left Zoar and went to live in the mountains together with his two daughters, for they were afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
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- Genesis 19:30 Since it was regarded as a dishonor and a curse not to have children, the daughters, being without husbands, make up for their state by a primitive makeshift. It is in this way that the story explains the origin of the Moabites and Ammonites, neighbors and enemies of Israel, who are remembered as being the fruit of the cursed cities. The condemnation of incest is implicit in the story, not only because it was condemned by the laws of Mesopotamia and the conscience of the time but also because Lot is made drunk in order to prevent his resistance (see also Lev 18:7).
