CHAPTER II. 389 were sent to destroy Sodom, persuaded him to By away with his family first; Gen. xix. 15. 31. Q. How many of his family escaped this judgment ? A. Only himself and his two daughters, for his two sons -in-law refused to remove; Gen. xix. 14. 32. Q. What became of Lot's wife ? A. She went with him part of the way, but when she looked hankering after So- dom, she was struck dead immediately, perhaps with a blast of that lightning which burned Sodom, and she stood like a pillar of salt; Gen. xix. 20. 33. Q. Was Lot a religious man ? A. Yes, and his righ- teous soul was daily vexed with the wicked conversation of the men of Sodom ; 2 Pet. ii. 7, 8. 34. Q. Did he maintain this righteous character ever after- wards ? A. He once was enticed into the sin of drunkenness, and then he let his two daughters lie with him and abuse him; Gen: xix. 30-36. 35. Q. Had Lot any children by this sinful action! A. Yes ; Moab was the son of one daughter, and Benammi of the other; and they were afterward the fathers of the Moabites and Ammonites, who proved to be sore enemies of God's people; Gen. xix. 37, 38. 36. Q. Thus ends the history of Lot and Sodom : Let us return now to Abraham : In what part of the country did he dwell? A. When he removed from Lot he went toward the west, and travelling on toward the south-west, he sojourned in the land of Abimelech ; Gen. xx. 1. 37. Q. Who was Abimelech? A. He was king of. Gerar in the country of the Philistines; Gen. xx. 2. and xxi. 32. 38. Q. What did Abimelech do at Abraham's coming? A. He took Sarah Abraham's wife into his house ; but being warn- ed of God, he restored her again ; Gen. xx. 2, 6, 14. 39. Q. How came Abimelech to take Abraham's wife? A. Because she was a beautiful woman, and Abraham did not call her his wife, but his sister; and by this means he exposed'her to be taken by other men ; Gen. xx. 2. 40. Q. What sons had Abraham ? A. The two chief were Ishmael and Isaac; Gen. xxv. 9. 41. Q. What was Ishmael? He was the son of Abraham by Hagar his servant-maid ; Gen. xvi. 15. 42. Q. How came Abraham to take his maid to be his con- cubine ? A. God had promised him a son, and he thought his wife Sarah was too old to have a child, and therefore by her ad- vice he took Hagar ; Gen. xvi. 1, 2. 43. Q. What became of Ishmael ? A. Abraham, by the command of God, turned Ishmael and his motherout of his house into the wilderness, because they mocked and abused his younger son Isaac; Gen. xxi. 9-21.
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