Genesis 19

Genesis 19 recounts the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, focusing on the rescue of Lot and his family.

The chapter begins with two angels arriving in Sodom, where Lot insisted they stay at his house. Before they retired for the night, the men of Sodom surrounded Lot's house, demanding to "know" the visitors. Lot refused and offered his daughters instead, but the angels struck the men with blindness and warned Lot to flee with his family because God planned to destroy the city for its wickedness.

At dawn, the angels urged Lot to leave immediately. When he hesitated, they took him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand and led them outside the city, instructing them to flee to the mountains and not look back. Lot negotiated to go to the small town of Zoar instead.

As Lot reached Zoar, God rained sulfur and fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah, destroying the cities and all inhabitants. Lot's wife looked back — and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19 concludes with Lot and his daughters living in a cave in the mountains. Believing they're the only survivors, the daughters got their father drunk on successive nights and slept with him to preserve their family line. Each daughter bore a son — Moab (father of the Moabites) and Benammi (father of the Ammonites).