GENESIS LESSON 29

     We will begin this lesson in Genesis 19:30  "And Lot went up out
of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him;
for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two
daughters."

     There are several things we must be reminded of here. The angels
of God had told Lot, from the beginning, to go up to the mountains,
but Lot wanted to go to this town. Lot had a stubborn nature wanting
to do his own thing, rather than obey God's command. In verse 29 of
last lesson, we saw that God remembered Abraham and saved Lot. It was
not Lot's doing that he was saved, but rather because he was Abraham's
nephew. "Zoar" means littleness or smallness, and was one of the five
cities which were in the Jordan valley. Zoar was a very close distance
to Sodom and Gomorrah.

     Genesis 19:31 "And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our
father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto
us after the manner of all the earth:"
     Genesis 19:32 "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we
will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father."

     This plan these girls had figured out to do was a very evil sin in
the sight of God. Incest, such as this, is prevalent in our society
today. Most incest is started by the father. This was even worse,
because it was initiated by the girls. At any rate, this was a very evil
plot.

     Genesis 19:33 "And they made their father drink wine that night:
and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived
not when she lay down, nor when she arose."
     Genesis 19:34 "And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my
father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in,
[and] lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father."

     The one thing that is so evident, here, is that their dad got
drunk. He had to be willing to drink this wine. Drunkenness is the
cause of so many other sins; a person who is drunk (whether on drugs,
or alcohol} is not in control of his own will. Alcohol causes many
child abuse cases, wife beatings, and even unintended homicide. A
person needs to stay in control of his own will at all times. God does
not excuse drunkenness as an excuse to sin.

     Genesis 19:35 "And they made their father drink wine that night
also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not
when she lay down, nor when she arose."
     Genesis 19:36 "Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by
their father."

     These daughters had committed a terrible sin. Not only is this
sin such a spiritual disgrace, but close relatives having children can
cause imbeciles to be born. Many times children of this type relation
are born with physical defects, as well. God considers this type of
behavior as an abomination. Nothing good could come of this.

     The word "Lot" means pebble. Surely he was an earthly man. this
type of sin goes along with the sin prevalent in Sodom and Gomarrah.
All those sins are spoken of as an abomination to God.

     Genesis 19:37 "And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name
Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day."

     The word "Moab" means from father. Of course, he would be looked
down on, because of his manner of birth. He became the father of the
Moabites. The Moabites ancestry goes back to Terah, Father of Abraham,
but it seemed they fell from grace and actually warred against their
Hebrew relatives from time to time. They got into idolatry and
worshipped the false god Chemosh. The Moabites became known as
children of Chemosh.  They actually sacrificed their children to this
false god. You see just how far perversion and evil sex sin can carry
a person who is caught up in it. This sin carried on for generations,
and just got worse and worse. In Deuteronomy, these Moabites were
excluded from the congregation for ten generations, because of their
sins. We will see much more of the Moabites. One good thing happened in
Ruth. She was a Moabite. She was, also, in the physical ancestry of
Jesus.

     Genesis 19:38 "And the younger, she also bare a son, and called
his name Ben-ammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon
unto this day."

     Here, again, this son, named Benammi, had very little to be proud
of. His mother had conceived him of his grandfather. The Hebrews, as
Christians today, considered this a grave sin. "Benammi" means son of
my kindred. This Benammi was the beginning of the Ammonites. These
people were nomads. They were so intertwined with the Moabites that
they were both called by both names from time to time. The Israelites
were forbidden to molest these Ammonites, even though the Ammonites
sometimes sided against Israel. Their false god was Molech. They made
their children walk through the fire. Cruelty was very much of their
worship. God completely destroyed these people, and there is no known
connection with them today. None of their cities exist today.

     So much has happened in this 19th chapter of Genesis, I think it
would be good to review.

     The two angels (male) visited Lot to warn him of the destruction of
Sodom and Gomarrah, God protected the angels by blinding the homosexual
Sodomites. The angels pulled Lot, Lot's wife and Lot's two daughters out
of the city, and left two homosexual sons-in-law there to be destroyed.
Lot's wife looked back and was turned to a pillar of salt.

     It seemed that Lot, Lot's wife, and his two daughters were not
really in tune with God. Abraham's pleading with God saved their
lives. Lot did not even obey God and go to the mountain immediately.
Lot's wife disobeyed, and looked back with longing to the evil city.
Parents, who are not obedient to God, usually will raise disobedient
children. Lot's two girls committed an even worse sin than their parents,
and brought evil upon their ancestors, as well.

     Next lesson, we will study chapter 20 of Genesis.

















































                             Questions 29


1.  What city did Lot leave to go to the mountains?
2.  Why did he leave there?
3.  What had Lot's rebellious spirit caused him to do?
4.  Who did God remember, when he saved Lot?
5.  What does "Zoar" mean?
6.  What evil scheme did Lot's daughters come up with?
7.  What is the name of the sin they committed?
8.  What does the Bible call this?
9.  What did they make their father do, so that he would not know what
    he was doing?
10. What reason did they give for committing this awful sin?
11. What was the father guilty of knowingly?
12. What do we lose control of when we are drunk?
13. Name three things alcohol causes in homes today?
14. What was produced by the sins of these two daughters?
15. Besides being a disgrace, what in the physical can be caused by
    this sin?
16. What does "Lot" mean?
17. What was the name of the son of the 1st born daughter?
18. What race started from him?
19. What does his name mean?
20. What type relation did they have to their Israelite brothers?
21. What was the name of their false god?
22. What did they practice?
23. How many generations were the Moabites not able to worship in the
    temple?
24. Who was the Moabite woman in the ancestry of Jesus?
25. What was the name of the 2nd daughter's son?
26. What were his ancestors called?
27. What does "Benammi" mean?
28. What lifestyle did they have?
29. What was the name of their false god?
30. What did they cause their children to do for this false god?
31. Who visited Lot to warn him?
32. What happened to the men of the city who attacked them?
33. Who escaped the city?
34. Who were left behind?
35. What was Lot's sin?
36. What was Lot's wife's sin?
37. Whose pleading saved Lot?