Scripture Queries and Answers: Number of Lot's Daughters; Pharoah Perished in the Red Sea?

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Q.-Gen. 19:14-16¹⁴And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. ¹⁵And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. ¹⁶And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. (Genesis 19:14‑16). Is it correct, as often assumed, that Lot had only two daughters of sorrowful memory?—A Disciple.

A -It would seem that besides the two maiden daughters in his house Lot had others with his sons-in-law outside, whom he sought in vain to save from the doomed city. In the " Introductory Lectures on the Pentateuch " this oversight is said to have been made. That the confusion has been often made by excellent men is of no weight against the simple force of the word.

Q.-Ex. 14 xv. Is there substantial ground for doubting that the Pharaoh of Exodus, Menephthah, perished with his host in the Red Sea? I am aware that Sir G. Wilkinson (Ancient Egypt, i. 54) so thought, and that the Rev. Professor Rawlinson follows him (Hist. of Anc. Eg., ii. 336).—A Disciple

A.-We are not limited to the writings of Moses. The Psalms are no less divinely inspired. If the language is only general in Exodus, Psa. 136:15¹⁵But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 136:15) is explicit, that Jehovah " overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea."

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