in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. And Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. (Gen 11:10-11, 24-32).
So after the flood. Noah’s sons populated the world but deceit was found within the heart of Ham and Cannon. Satan had slipped through the flood that was supposed to destroy all evil in the world. Through the line of Ham came the pagan nations of the world that were to inhabit Mesopotamia and other parts of the world.
God determined to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, built near the Dead Sea. An angel came and warned Lot and his family but they were reluctant to leave. The evil atmosphere of Sodom had influenced their dedication to God. But Lot, his wife and daughters finally fled Sodom. The Lord rained fire and brimstone upon the cities including Zoar. Current archeological information hints that Chinese astronomers recorded a meteor hit the earth far north of the cities but the fallout (hot embers, fire and brimstone) rained down destroying the city. The angels from God told the fleeing group not to look back of the destruction of Sodom but Lot’s wife looked back and was turned to a pillar of salt. She was apparently still bonded to her home in Sodom and couldn’t resist (Genesis 19:1-20). In the historical account of Josephus he reports seeing the pillar some 2000 years ago.
“And Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. Then the first-born said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth. “Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father.” So they made their father drink wine that night, and the first-born went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. And it came about on the morrow, that the first-born said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father.” So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. And as for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day” (Ge 19:30–38). So this incestuous relationship gave rise to two tribes that would oppose Israel-The Moabites and the Ammonites.
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