Though Lot did not know it at first, he had entertained angels, who then assisted him and his daughters to escape death when ‘ Jehovah rained down fire and sulphur from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah. ’ ​ — Genesis 19: 1 - 26.
उन्होंने यह माँग की कि लूत अपने मेहमानों को अनैतिक उद्देश्‍यों के लिए सौंप दें, लेकिन उन्होंने साफ इनकार किया ।