Another matter, “Abraham traveled from there” – “the wise-hearted will take mitzvot” (Proverbs 10:8). “The wise-hearted” – this refers to Abraham. “Will take mitzvot” – because the area of Sodom had been destroyed and travelers to and from [that area] ceased, and he had no shortage [of food] in his storage house. He said: ‘What, shall I allow the practice of benevolence to cease from my house?’
He went and pitched a tent for himself in Gerar. “But one with foolish lips, he will be disgraced” (Proverbs 10:8) – this refers to Lot, who was foolish with his lips, as he should have said to his daughters: ‘Are we going to perform the very act for which the world was stricken?’7Sexual immorality. Instead, “he will be disgraced” – what did he cause to happen to himself? “He will be disgraced” – he brought upon himself disgrace upon disgrace.
Just as it is stated elsewhere, [regarding the Temple,] “anyone impure may not enter” (II Chronicles 23:19), so, too, here: “An Amonite or a Moavite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 23:4).