Three angels disguised themselves as travelers and went to visit Abraham. Two of them journeyed to Sodom and Gomorrah so they could experience the wickedness in the cities, but the third angle stayed behind to reveal to Abraham that he planned to destroy the cities because of their evil ways. Abraham asked the third angle, the Lord, if 50 righteous people lived in the cities if he would spare them, and the Lord agreed. Abraham kept negotiating until they agreed upon not destroying the cities if 10 righteous people lived there. When the other two angels arrived at Sodom, they were greeted at the city gate by Lot, Abraham's nephew. The men in the town surrounded Lot's house asking for the two visitors to come out and have sex with them. Abraham would not allow this so instead he sent out his virgin daughters resulting in the angry men rushing and breaking down the door. The two angles led Lot and his family out of the house and to Zoar, a tiny village. The Lord then rained sulfur down on Sodom and Gomarrah destroying the buildings, people, and food sources. Lot's wife unfortunately looked back at all the destruction and was turned into salt.
Growing up there was a whole lot of unfair punishment going on at my house. My brother got away with everything, and I didn't understand why. He wasn't even that sneaky or smart about what he did, yet he never really got in trouble. We never did anything all that bad. I mean we would bite each other and I some how always managed to draw blood and that maybe constituted a harsher punishment. Although life isn't fair, siblings should be held to the same punishment standard. I have come to realize that my parents just kinda quit disciplining my brother because nothing worked and he did as he pleased and still does.
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