Motif
Angelic guests protected by host under threat
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A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
jewish christian
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Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 18 / Footnotes / Chapter 19; lines 1084-1164 confidence: high
Two angels arrive at Sodom in the evening; Lot meets them at the gate, bows, invites them to stay, and feeds them unleavened bread.
Lot invites the visitors into his house, says they are under the shadow of his roof, and attempts to protect them from the men of Sodom.
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