Lot, Abraham’s nephew, though he had made his home in Sodom, was imbued with the patriarch’s spirit of kindness and hospitality. Seeing at nightfall two strangers at the city gate, and knowing the dangers sure to beset them in that wicked city, Lot insisted on bringing them to his home. To the peril that might result to himself and his household he gave no thought. It was a part of his lifework to protect the imperiled and to care for the homeless, and the deed performed in kindness to two unknown travelers brought angels to his home. Those whom he sought to protect, protected him. At nightfall he had led them for safety to his door; at the dawn they led him and his household forth in safety from the gate of the doomed city. {6T 342.1}

Lot, Abrahams brodersøn, var besjælet af patriarkens venlige og gæstfri ånd, skønt han havde gjort Sodoma til sit hjem. Da han ved aftenstid fik øje på to fremmede i byporten og vidste, hvilken fare de visselig befandt sig i, i den ugudelige stad, bad han dem indtrængende om at tage ind i hans hus. Hvilken fare dette måske kunne medføre for hans egen familie, skænkede han ingen tanke. Det var en del af hans livsgerning at beskærme dem, der var i fare og at drage omsorg for de hjemløse; og hans venlige handling mod disse to ukendte vandringsmænd førte engle til hans hjem. De, som han søgte at beskytte, beskyttede ham. Ved aftenstid havde han ført dem til sin dør for at bringe dem i sikkerhed; ved daggry førte de ham og hans familie i sikkerhed gennem porten i den by, som var dømt til undergang. (1.Mos.19,1)