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Genesis 19:1-11
Genesis 19:1-11
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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I. THE FLICKERING LIGHT OF LOT'S PIETY.
1. That the light of Lot's piety was still burning, though he had long been subjected to the moral contamination of the licentious Pentapolis, is…