Why all of this attention on Lot? The book of Genesis has many important main characters. Adam, Noah, Abraham and Sara, Isaac, Jacob and his sons, etc. They are all part of the ancestry of the Jewish nation. But Lot was simply Abraham's nephew, not one of our patriarchs.
Indeed, he does not seem to be the most impressive person either. This is a man who willingly chose to live in the most evil city of the day, Sodom. There doesn't seem to be anything remarkable that warrants the amount of attention this man gets.
And yet, there is something extremely remarkable about him. It is the most important character trait known to man.
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