How is Lot’s story interpreted in Judaism?

In Jewish interpretative traditions, Lot is sometimes treated favorably and sometimes criticized. Genesis Rabbah interprets him as a judge in Sodom, and the commentator Rashi suggests that Lot learned hospitality from Abraham. Other rabbinic readings suggest his separation from Abraham indicates his deviance from God, and they read his choice to live in Sodom as indicating his sexual deviancy. Some rabbis suggest that his hesitation to leave Sodom was because of greed, and his conduct toward his daughters—both his offering them to the men of Sodom and his own failure to find them husbands—is also criticized.