They Came Under My Roof by Abraham's Merit

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 84:4

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Another interpretation: "these are divine beings" [Lot recognized them as angels]. "For this reason they have come under the shadow of my roof" (Genesis 19:8): not by my own merit, but by the merit of Abraham.

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