Verse 8
8. Two daughters This proposition of Lot is utterly shocking and outrageous . But see Judges 19:24, and note there . “We may suppose,” says Murphy, “that it was spoken rashly, in the heat of the moment, and with the expectation that he would not be taken at his word . ” The Oriental idea of hospitality would also lead a man to lay down his own life, or go to almost any extreme, for the safety of his guest . With every possible apology, however, Lot’s proposal in this case reveals how his long residence in the wicked city had lowered his moral tone .
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