טֶרֶם יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְאַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר וְגוֹ' וַיִּקְרְאוּ אֶל לוֹט וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אַיֵּה הָאֲנָשִׁים. מִכָּאן אַתָּה לָמֵד, שֶׁבְּשָׁעָה שֶׁנִּתְפָּרֵשׁ מִן אַבְרָהָם וּכְתִיב בּוֹ וַיִּבְחַר לוֹ לוֹט אֵת כָּל כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן זֶה סְדוֹם, רָאָה לוֹט שֶׁהָיוּ אַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם שְׁטוּפִין בְּזִמָּה, בָּחַר בִּסְדוֹם לִהְיוֹת עוֹשֶׂה כְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶן. מִנַּיִן? שֶׁכֵּן הוּא אוֹמֵר לָהֶם לְאַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם, הִנֵּה נָא לִי שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת וְגוֹ'. בְּנֹהַג שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם אָדָם מוֹסֵר עַצְמוֹ לֵהָרֵג עַל בְּנוֹתָיו וְעַל אִשְׁתּוֹ וְהוֹרֵג אוֹ נֶהֱרָג, וְזֶה מוֹסֵר בְּנוֹתָיו לְהִתְעוֹלֵל בָּהֶן. אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, חַיֶּיךָ, לְעַצְמְךָ אַתְּ מְשַׁמְּרָן. וּלְבַסּוֹף תִּינוֹקוֹת שֶׁל בֵּית רַבָּן מְשַׂחֲקִין וְקוֹרִין, וַתַּהֲרֶיןָ שְׁתֵּי בְנוֹת לוֹט מֵאֲבִיהֶן. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, came … and they called unto Lot and said: “Where are the men?” (Gen. 19:4–5). From this incident you learn that when he departed from Abraham, Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan (Gen. 13:11), which was Sodom. Although he saw that the men of Sodom behaved dissolutely, he nevertheless chose Sodom so that he might behave as they did. How do we know this? He said to the men of Sodom: I have two daughters, who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you (ibid. 19:7). Normally, a man would prefer to undergo death for the sake of his daughter or his wife; indeed he would willingly kill or be killed for their sake, but this man was willing to allow his daughters to be abused by men. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: By thy life, keep them (your daughters) for yourself! Schoolchildren will laugh derisively when they read: Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father (ibid., v. 36).
אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן, מִנַּיִן שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁהוּא לָהוּט אַחַר בּוּלְמוּס שֶׁל עֲבֵרָה סוֹף מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ מִבְּשָׂרוֹ, מִלּוֹט. וַיֹּאמְרוּ גֶּשׁ הָלְאָה עַתָּה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם, מַה שֶּׁאָנוּ רוֹצִין לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאוֹתָן אֲנָשִׁים נָרַע לְךָ, לָשׁוֹן מְטֻנָּף. וַיִּפְצְרוּ בָאִישׁ, מִיָּד וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים אֶת יָדָם וְגוֹ', וְאֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת וְגוֹ'. R. Nahman said: How do we know that whosoever is consumed with immoral desires is eventually fed with his own flesh? We know this from Lot (who had intercourse with his own daughters). And they said: Stand back. (And they said: This one fellow came to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge.) Now we will deal worse with thee than with them (ibid., v. 9). That is, we shall do to you what we had intended to do to these men. Now we will deal worse is an expression that implies committing an obscene act: And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand and brought Lot into the house to them, etc. (ibid., vv. 9–10).