- When Avraham saw the three strangers, he ran out to meet them. What did he do next?
Ordered that water be brought so they could wash their feet
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What might we find strange about the meal he served his guests?
He served milk and meat together
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Why was HaShem "surprised" when Sarah laughed upon hearing that she would have a child? What did He say to Avraham?
Because her time for having children had long passed. Is anything too hard for HaShem?
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HaShem said He was going to do something before destroying all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, even before Avraham began negotiating with Him about their destruction. What was it?
He would go down and check to see if the people were as wicked as He had been told
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Chumash says that the "men" (angels) turned from Avraham and went forth to Sodom. Is that statement entirely correct? If not, what is not correct?
No; only two of them went, not all three
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When the people of Sodom tried to kill the two strangers, what did Lot offer to do to protect his guests? Why didn't it seem strange to Lot?
He said the crowd of men could have his two virgin daughters to do with as they wished. Protecting guests in his home was more sacred to him than his daughters' virginity.
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What did the angels do to the mob that tried to break into Lot's home?
They struck them blind.
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Lot was prepared to take his wife and daughters out of Sodom to save their lives. When he told his sons-in-law of the coming destruction, what was their reaction?
They thought he was joking, so they stayed in Sodom
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Lot was afraid to leave Sodom and go to the mountains. Where did he ask HaShem if he could go instead?
Zoar
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After Lot and his daughters went to the mountains, the daughters took turns getting him drunk. Why? What were they thinking, and what was the fallacy in their thinking?
They got him drunk in order to sleep with him and beget children because they thought they were the last people on earth. We know, however, that they had just left the city of Zoar.
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What are the names of the sons Lot's daughters had by him?
Moab and Ben-ammi, the fathers of the Moabites and the Ammonites
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How did Avraham justify telling Avimelech that Sarah was his sister?
She was his half-sister
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When Avraham went to sacrifice Yitzhak, who went on the journey?
Avraham, Yitzhak, two servants, and Avraham's donkey
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