The Skeptics Annotated Bible (29 page)

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For
we will destroy this place
, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

(19.13)
“We will destroy this place.”
61 Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto
his sons in law, which married his daughters
, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

(19.14)
“His sons in law, which married his daughters”
Lot lied about his daughters being “virgins” in v.8. His daughters were married, and therefore not likely to be virgins. But, hey, it was a “just and righteous” lie, intended to make them more attractive to the sex-crazed mob.

15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that
I will not overthrow this city
, for the which thou hast spoken.

(19.21)
“I will not overthrow this city.”
62 Did Lot’s daughters think God had killed every man except Lot?

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then
the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the LORD out of heaven;

(19.24)
“The LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire.”
God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining “brimstone and fire” from the Lord out of heaven.” Well, almost everyone—he spares the “just and righteous” Lot and his family.
61 Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?
God’s 3rd killing

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and
she became a pillar of salt.

(19.26)
“She became a pillar of salt.”
Lot’s nameless wife looks back, and God turns her into a pillar of salt.
God’s 4th killing