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Lot’s daughters despaired that they were the only ones left in the world. They got their father drunk to have him sire children with them. After they learned that this was wrong, they blamed Abraham for their misfortune. Not themselves.

When the two angels inform Lot that Sodom will be destroyed and he has to leave, he refuses to go even though he knows that Sodom is an evil place. He is so much into his wealth he does not see the obvious.

Abraham tries to save Sodom & Gomorrah but to no avail. Their society was too evil. The lesson is that when we see an evil society we have to take appropriate action after we tried to reason with them.

Abraham is recovering from his Brit Milah at the beginning of this week’s portion. Gid sends him guests because He know that, for Abraham, it was more painful not to have guests.

The Torah does not discuss what Abraham looks like. It describes his character. This is in keeping with the idea, that for the Torah all that really matters is how we behave and how we treat each other.

Abraham goes to war to save Lot, who was kidnapped. After the war he is offered some of the booty of the war. He declines since the reason he fought was to save his nephew. This is why we fight. We do not fight for land or money but because it is the last option.

Abraham realizes that he and Lot have different agendas. Lot is into himself while Abraham wants to affect the world through his actions. Lot chooses Sodom while Abraham does not. This is to teach us that all our actions will affect society.

Abraham is told to go to the crossroads of the ancient world. This was so that he could influence people to live better lives morally. This is the mission that God wants from us. To be involved and make people better.

When Abraham is given the command to go to Canaan there is an extra word used. It should read Go to a land that I will show you. Instead, it reads Go for yourself. Why the extra word?

The Torah goes out of it way to infer that Noah, while righteous, was not perfect. This is to teach us, that while our great leaders were righteous, they made mistakes, and they learned from their mistakes. That is what made them great.