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How did Lot welcome the angelic visitors to his home in Sodom?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, oil on wood by Joachim Patinir, c. 1520; in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
In the Book of Genesis, when the two angels arrived in Sodom disguised as men, Lot greeted them at the town gates by bowing reverently. He then extended an invitation for them to stay the night in his home. Although the visitors initially declined his offer, they ultimately accepted his hospitality.1