Topical Bible: Wine: Intoxication From: Lot

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The narrative of Lot and the consequences of wine-induced intoxication is a significant account found in the Book of Genesis. Lot, the nephew of Abraham, is a central figure in this account, which serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of excessive wine consumption and its potential to lead to moral compromise and sin.

The account is recorded in Genesis 19:30-38. After the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his two daughters took refuge in a cave in the mountains. Isolated and fearing the extinction of their family line, Lot's daughters devised a plan to preserve their lineage. They decided to intoxicate their father with wine, leading him to unwittingly commit incest with them.

Genesis 19:32-33 states: "Come, let us get our father drunk with wine, so that we can sleep with him and preserve his line." So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware when she lay down or when she got up."

The following night, the younger daughter repeated the act, as described in Genesis 19:35 : "So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went and slept with him. He was not aware when she lay down or when she got up."

The result of these actions was the birth of two sons, Moab and Ben-Ammi, who became the progenitors of the Moabites and Ammonites, respectively. These nations would later become adversaries of Israel, highlighting the long-term consequences of Lot's intoxication and the subsequent actions of his daughters.

This account underscores the potential for wine to impair judgment and lead to actions that are contrary to God's moral standards. The account of Lot serves as a reminder of the importance of sobriety and the dangers of allowing oneself to be led astray by the effects of alcohol. The narrative also reflects the broader biblical theme of the consequences of sin and the complex interplay of human actions and divine providence.

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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.
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The Second Homily. On the Annunciation to the Holy virgin Mary.
... for to thy lot it has fallen to be the vehicle of celestial joy. ... All who keep themselves
from wine and intoxication, and from the wanton enjoyments of ...
/.../the second homily on the.htm

Cyrus.
... much shocked to see the court drinking to intoxication, and said ... great feast in his
palace, and drinking wine out of ... that he should "stand in his lot" when the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xii cyrus.htm

Letter Lxix. To Oceanus.
... [2113] Lot in a fit of intoxication unwittingly adds incest to incontinence,
and wine overcomes the man whom Sodom failed to conquer. ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lxix to oceanus.htm

The General Conference of 1832
... the inner court.' The drunkenness of Noah, Lot, Nadab, Abihu ... and denounced in the
Bible, that wine, used as ... alcohol is the principle of all intoxication, and it ...
/.../chapter 11 the general conference.htm

Homiletical.
... war, and evil to mean the troubles which are the lot of those who ... Wo to those who
are drunken, but not with wine.' [628] Anger is the intoxication of the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/basil/basil letters and select works/iv homiletical.htm

Letter xxii. To Eustochium.
... and rose up to play." [398] Lot also, God's ... they first drench themselves with wine,
and then joining the grossest profanity to intoxication, they say "Far ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xxii to eustochium.htm

Rom. vii. 14
... tell me this is life, and not a harder lot than deaths ... death by far than the former,
since the intoxication is more ... is not so sad to be drunk with wine as with ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xiii rom vii 14.htm

Acts v. 17, 18
... see how He rose: in the water made wine, the guests ... Such was their intoxication,
they did not even see what ... how great pleasure falls to their lot, who suffer ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xiii acts v 17.htm

The Broken Column
... say, "I have preferred the enjoyments of intoxication to the ... of enjoyment, and yet
though the wine yields no ... When Lot began to see the fiery shower coming down ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the broken column.htm

Epistle Lxiii. Limenius, Bishop of Vercell??, Having Died, the See ...
... not proud, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a ... burns as it were with a kind
of intoxication from his ... already worn with age gained a son; Lot also escaped ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/epistle lxiii limenius bishop of.htm