What a contrast between the course of Isaac and that pursued by the youth of our time, even among professed Christians! Young people too often feel that the bestowal of their affections is a matter in which self alone should be consulted--a matter that neither God nor their parents should in any wise control. Long before they have reached manhood or womanhood they think themselves competent to make their own choice, without the aid of their parents. A few years of married life are usually sufficient to show them their error, but often too late to prevent its baleful results. For the same lack of wisdom and self-control that dictated the hasty choice is permitted to aggravate the evil, until the marriage relation a galling yoke. Many have thus wrecked their happiness in this life and their hope of the life to come.

Lots hustru var en egenkærlig, irreligiøs kvinde, der gjorde sin indflydelse gældende for at skille sin mand fra Abraham. Havde Lot ikke taget hensyn til hende, var han ikke blevet i Sodoma, hvor han måtte undvære den vise, gudfrygtige patriarks råd. Hans hustrus indflydelse og den ugudelige bys påvirkning ville have bevirket hans frafald fra Gud, hvis han ikke havde modtaget Abrahams omhyggelige undervisning tidligere. Lots ægteskab og hans beslutning om at bosætte sig i Sodoma var de første led i en kæde af begivenheder, der skulle bringe ondt over verden i mange slægtled.