Genesis 17-18

More and more scandal!
Sarah has no faith
In verse 18, three men come to visit Abraham and Sarah.  The significant part is that Sarah, who is sitting inside the tent, laughs at the idea of her having a child.  She has no faith.  God hears her, and asks Abraham why did Sarah laugh?  Sarah then lied and said she didn't, even though she did.

Abraham pleads with God
In the next section God reveals his plan to Abraham that he is going to destroy Sodom because of the great sin there.  Abraham pleads with God, asking him whether he would spare the city if 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 righteous people are there.  God said that he would spare the city if there were 10 righteous people.

Sodom is really messed up
In the next scene, we see how awful Sodom really is.  If you remember from previous chapters, Lot lives in Sodom because the land there looked more lush.  In this scene, 2 angels have visited Lot.  According to this account, "all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house."  They yelled out, asking Lot to release the two men so that they could have sex with them.  Of course Lot would have none of that.  This really illustrates how sinful this city was.  All the men from the city were here!  God said he would spare it if there were 10 righteous people . . . but from the looks of this, the city is deeply seated in sin.

Weirdly, Lot is willing to offer his virgin daughters to have sex with them (poor girls!!!!!!) but would not hand over the angels.

Destroyed Cities
God then decides he must destroy the city.  The angels told Lot and his family to RUN RUN RUN!!  Flee!! Don't look back!  Lot was afraid of running all the way to the mountains; he didn't think he could survive.  He pleaded with the angels, asking if he could just go to the nearby city.  God relented and let Lot run there.  Lot's wife didn't have faith and looked back, thus turning into a pillar of salt (can you imagine the look on Lot's face when that happened??)

Sodom and Gomorrah were totally destroyed.  Sulfur rained down (smelly!)

Lot's daughters are gross
Lot's daughters then decide they needed to continue the family line, and since there were no men around, they got their father drunk two nights in a row, and took turns sleeping with him.  They both got pregnant and formed the origins of the Moabites and the Ammonites.