In the 18th and 19th chapters we find the familiar story of how The Lord and his angels came down to render judgement on Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham interceded on Lot's behalf. Lot and his daughters made it out, but his wife hesitated and got killed for it.
The curious part is at the end of the 19th chapter. Lot's daughters had no faith in God's providence regarding the continuance of the bloodline. So they got their father drunk and had sex with him.
This is a disgusting act, but it was the custom for people who lived apart from God. The curious part is the children who were born from this incest. The child of the youngest was called Ben-Ammi from which the Ammonite people would later descend. The child of the eldest was called Moab from which the Moabite people would descend.
The Ammonites would be a constant thorn in the side of Israel and Judea. Today, the country of Jordan is likely descended from that people.
The Moabites would play a part in the royal bloodline as King David would descend from Ruth, a Moabitess.
In other words, God can use anyone who is faithful to him.
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