Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 19/0

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 19

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Lot and Rut

There are close parallels between the story of Avraham and Lot, and that of Rut. On the most basic level, Ruth is a descendant of Lot (through Moav), and is a spiritual descendant of Avraham, as a righteous convert.  

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Sedom and Egypt

There are numerous parallels between the stories of the destruction of Sedom and of divine retribution against Egypt at the time of the Exodus

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Sedom and Evil in Tanakh

Sedom is invoked throughout Tanakh as representative of the depths to which society can sink.

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  • See Makbilot Bamikra for a list of evrses in which Sedom is singled out as a a paradigm of evil.

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Sedom and Givah

There are salient parallels in language and plot between the story of Sedom in Bereshit 19 and that of the concubine in Givah in Shofetim 19. According to the Tanakh Lab, in fact, Shofetim 19 is the chapter most linguistically similar to Bereshit 19.

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  • Use the Tanakh Lab to see the many linguistic parallels between Bereshit 19 and Shofetim 19.

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Avraham and Lot

The story of Lot’s interaction with the angels who visit him in Bereshit 19 contains parallels and contrasts to Avraham’s interaction with them in Bereshit 18.1

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Tanakh Lab indicates that Bereshit 18 is the second most linguistically similar chapter to Bereshit 19.  See here to compare the two texts.

Primary Sources

Several sources compare the hospitality of Lot and Avraham:

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