Read: Genesis 19 - 28

Sodom & Gomorrah.

Not much came to me in this first part where the two angels come and rescue Lot out of Sodom.  God seems to hold his wrath if even 1 righteous person is present and goes about rescuing that one person before delivering his wrath.  He does it with Lot, He did it with Noah.  God continually holds back judgement for the sake of the righteous (or at least the not completely wicked) even in the midst of great evil. I guess I'll see if he continues this trait.  God even saved Lot though he is reluctant to be saved.  He saved Lot in spite of himself.

Gen 19:16 But he (Lot) lingered. So the men (angels) seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

I think that is a good thing because he also saved us in spite of ourselves. 

Lots wife gets turned to salt and Lots daughters trick him into fathering children on them.  More mayham, incest and iniquity continue.  Abram AGAIN says Sarah is his sister rather than his wife rather than trusting God, I don't get what is up with that.  One thing of note is that even though Ishmael was concieved out of not trusting God to do what he said, God still honored his promise to Abraham in Ishmael.  Abraham was unfaithful but God was not!

The entire chapter of Gen 22:1-24 seems to be another foreshadowing of Jesus and the cross.

Gen 22:6 And Abraham took wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son.
Gen 22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son"
Gen 22:12 He (God) said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

Jesus carried his own cross, he was the lamb provided by God and he was God's only son.

There is the faithful servant who does trust God unlike Abraham.  Somehow, it seems like the servants and slaves are more trusting in God than the one whom God is lifting up.

There is Isaac, Jacob and Esau and and that whole family fued going on.  The backstabbing and lack of honor and kindness that just seems to be so pervasive here.  Yet God is still honoring his promise while those he is lifting up are committing all kinds of mischief and evil.  Isaac even seems to inherit his fathers bad trait of passing off his wife as his sister.  There is something wrong there.

Jacob even steals the birthright and blessing from Esau and God honors the blessing even though it was illicitly gained.

Lastly here is the second reference to tithing that I find so far.

Gen 28:22 - And of all that you (God) give me (Jacob) I will give a full tenth to you.

Summing it all up, it seems like the only constant thing in this entire escapade is God.  Everyone else is wheeling and dealing, lying and cheating, committing adultary, stealing and a multitude of other immoralities.  Yet God is still honoring his own word.  It would be easy to think that Abraham and his children are getting rich and prosperous because of all the mischief, yet again and again God intercedes and renews his commitment with each generation.  In that it becomes obvious that they are prospering not because of their own actions but rather because of Gods faithfulness.

I think that is a great comfort for a sinner. God promised to forgive all who asked and believed and like Abraham and his children, God will honor that promise regardless of our own continuing sins and sinful nature.