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Lot insists and they join him and enter his house; he bakes unleavened bread,
and they eat (19.3). This is a really strange behavior for these “spiritual
beings” who have discussions, consume the evening meal (they had already ate
lunch with Abraham, too) then consider several opportunities, and finally
decide where to spend the night.
The story continues: as the angels bed down for the night, a frenzied crowd
encircles Lot's home and calls for the two guests, and demands that Lot hand
them over in order to abuse them (by the way: can you even think to abuse pure
spirits?). Lot refuses and offers in return his two virgin daughters! But the
people of Sodom do not listen to reason and try to break down the door to get
hold of the angels. The unfortunate malakhìm realizes the risky situation, so
they take Lot, drags him into the house and gets rid of the attackers with a very
strange action (19:11):
They were struck with the sudden blindness.
And they struck “young and old”, that is, everyone!
And, as the story continues, those men:
and they got tired to look for the door
In short, with some system that is not better described, the two malakhìms
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