GENESIS FOR GEN Z

CHAPTER 19

Two angels rolled up to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was chilling at the city gate. Seeing them, he popped up to greet them and gave a deep bow. "Yo, peeps, come crash at my spot for the night. Get those feet cleaned up, and then you can bounce at dawn." But they were like, "Nah, we're cool to camp out on the street."

Lot wasn't having it and insisted big time. Finally, they agreed, went inside, and Lot threw down a feast with some fresh unleavened bread for them. But before they could hit the hay, the Sodom squad, young and old from all over, surrounded Lot's house. They shouted for Lot, "Where are those guys you brought home tonight? Send them out here; we wanna meet them."

Lot stepped outside, making sure to close the door behind him, and was like, "Guys, please, let's not go there. Listen, I've got two daughters who've never been with anyone. I'll bring them out to you instead. Just leave these guys alone—they're under my protection."

The crowd was like, "Step aside! This guy thinks he can judge us? Now we'll treat you worse than them." They pushed hard against Lot, almost breaking the door.

Just in time, the angels reached out, yanked Lot back inside, and slammed the door shut. Then they hit the crowd with a sudden blindness, so they couldn't find the door anymore, stumbling around.

The angels were like, "Got anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, anyone? Get them out of Sodom, ASAP! Yo, we're about to wreck this spot because it's got a bad rep up in margaritaville. The Big Boss sent us to handle it."

Lot hit up his sons-in-law like, "Peep this, we gotta bounce, 'cause this city's about to get lit." But they thought he was just clowning.

As soon as it was light out, the angels were like, "Let's roll! Grab your lady and your girls, or you're gonna get toasted with the rest of this place."

Lot was dragging his feet, so the angels grabbed them all by the hand, mercy style, and escorted them out of town. Once they were safe outside, the angel was like, "Run for your life! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere around here. Hit the mountains, or you're done for."

But Lot was like, "Nah, fam, not the mountains! Look, you've been super chill saving my neck. I can't make it to the mountains without catching some serious bad vibes and croaking. Check it, there's this tiny town nearby. Let me duck in there—it's small, right? Then I'll be chill."

The angel was like, "Aight, I got you. I won't smack down the town you're talking about. But hurry up and get there, 'cause I can't do squat until you're safe." That's why they called the town Zoar.

Lot made it to Zoar just as the sun was getting its shine on. Then the Lord straight-up unleashed a firestorm on Sodom and Gomorrah, raining sulfur from the sky. Totally flipped those cities, the whole area, and all the peeps and plants into ashes. But Lot's wife couldn't help herself, looked back, and turned into a salt statue.

Abraham got up early to check out the damage from his VIP spot with the Lord. He saw Sodom and Gomorrah smoking up like a BBQ gone wrong.

God remembered Abraham's connection and pulled Lot out of the disaster zone before flipping the cities where Lot was living.

Lot was too shook to stay in Zoar, so he and his daughters hit the mountains and shacked up in a cave. The older daughter was like, "Dad's getting old, and there's no one around to keep our family going. Let's get dad tipsy and keep the family alive ourselves."

They got their dad drunk, and the older daughter went first. Lot was clueless about what went down.

The next night, the older sister was like, "Your turn, let's get dad drunk again so you can help keep our family going." So they did, and the younger daughter took her turn. Again, Lot was out of the loop.

Both daughters ended up pregnant by their dad. The firstborn had a son and named him Moab, the OG of the Moabites. The younger daughter also had a son, named him Ben-ammi, the ancestor of the Ammonites.