Why did Lot in Genesis 19,\u00a0get drunk, have sex with his daughters, and get them pregnant? I\u00a0wondered what was the purpose?\u00a0Couldn’t he have just\u00a0said no to his daughters?<\/p>\n\t
A major problem with all drugs, including alcohol, is that they impair a person’s judgment. Things that normally would be rejected somehow become “reasonable” to the person under the influence. “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pressing him to your bottle, even to make him drunk, That you may look on his nakedness!<\/em>” (Habakkuk 2:15).<\/p>\n There were numerous places in this account where Lot could have and should have done things differently. He shouldn’t have gone into hiding, leaving his daughters with the impression they would never be in civilization again. He shouldn’t have started drinking and allow his daughters to get him drunk.<\/p>\n However, you make it sound as if Lot was aware of what his daughters did. “So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose<\/em>” (Genesis 19:33). Lot was too out of it to be aware that his daughter climbed into bed with him. Since much sexual response automatically comes in response to stimulation, it isn’t beyond imagination to understand that he likely only thought he was having an erotic dream.<\/p>\n It wasn’t until later that he figured out what his daughters had done to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Why did Lot in Genesis 19,\u00a0get drunk, have sex with his daughters, and get them pregnant? I\u00a0wondered what was the purpose?\u00a0Couldn’t he have just\u00a0said no to his daughters? Answer: A major problem with all drugs, including alcohol, is that they impair a person’s judgment. 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Answer: Lot lost most of his family during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. \"And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26940,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-wasnt-noah-condemned-for-getting-drunk\/","url_meta":{"origin":22962,"position":1},"title":"Why wasn’t Noah condemned for getting drunk?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why was Noah never condemned by God for becoming drunk and committing the sin of incest?\u00a0 And God used him to build the ark. Answer: You're mixing events. Noah was a righteous man (Genesis 7:1). 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And they were a grief of mind\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41708,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/creeping-toward-sodom\/","url_meta":{"origin":22962,"position":3},"title":"Creeping Toward Sodom","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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