I hadn’t remembered Lot offering up his daughters and it really caught me. Do you or anyone else have any mitigating explanation for Lots behavior. I’m not being a wise guy. But then again, I am looking to become more of a wise guy.
I always thought it had something to do with the visitors. The Bible gives us the impression that they’re angels appearing as men, but Lot doesn’t act like they’re just a couple of guys. He immediately upon seeing them bows to the ground and full-on begs them to stay at his house. Then, to protect them from the Sodomite night life, he even offers up his virgin daughters to the crowd.
Obviously there was something very different or intense or whatever-you-like about these two guys for Lot to act this way.
Some exegetes argue that Lot knew very well that the Sodomites weren’t interested in girls, and was taunting them. You notice from the text that they become noticeably more hostile after Lot offers them his daughters.