Genesis - Lesson 41 - Gen. 19:30-38 - MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Lot’s daughters think there are no people left on earth after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.  They say this exactly …

Then the firstborn 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." (Gen 19:31-32)

 

The Hebrew is precise.  The first born girl said no man left on the earth implying anywhere on the globe!  Why did she think this?  The younger sister surely agreed with her older sister.  We don’t get it since we don’t understand the geography of the area.  If you knew the area of the Dead Sea these verses become crystal clear.  Here some links to check out on pictures of this area.  Check it out.  You’ll see that the sisters were in a deep, deep valley almost 1 mile below sea level. 

Link to Wikimedia views of the Dead Sea from the high rock bluff known as Masada – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Views_of_the_Dead_Sea_from_Masada

Link to Wikimedia views of the mountains surrounding the Dead Sea – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mountain_around_Dead_Sea

Link to Wikimedia views of the caves near Qumran where many of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caves_of_Qumran

A second issue is in this lesson we see the concept of midah keneged midah (mee-dah kah-NEG-ed mee-dah), or measure for measure.  It can be defined as ...

"The rabbis noticed a pattern throughout the Bible they read—that the consequences of a sin often fit the crime, measure for measure." (See Lois Tverberg's article on "Measure for Measure" at this link - https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/jesus-jewish-logic-measure-for-measure/

How is "measure for measure" seen in these events between Lot and his daughters?  How might this relate to us in the 21st century?  

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0