Comments | whittled_writ: Genesis 18:1

stationary_jew in whittled_writ

Genesis 18:1 - 19:38

Apr 29, 2007 21:27

Three men came to Abraham's tent, while God was hanging out there. He gave them a meal, and they said, "Sarah's having a son soon." She laughed, being well past menopause. God said, "I'm not joking!" Sarah denied laughing, but God said, "I know you did, but don't worry about it ( Read more... )

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stationary_jew April 30 2007, 16:09:00 UTC

Lot's wife has always been a bit of a difficult case for me, because what's so bad about turning around? My best guess is that their group was just barely ahead of the wave of destruction (The angels tell Lot "We can't start until you reach X spot"), so by "turned around" Moses actually means "stopped to watch, and got caught up in it".

Or maybe it's like the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where the Wrath of God works through abject terror of a sort that you have to be looking at to be effected by it.