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To: Hebrews 11:6
"By the way, I'm quite partial to Tissot's reverse image of that scene, depicting Lot's view, all eyes--except the angel's--on Lot's proffered daughter: "

Yet as said, they would have been on the men.

59 posted on 06/17/2022 8:37:23 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212
That's the magic of Tissot's painting: it captures the fateful moment just before they rejected her and insisted on the men, the moment between Genesis 19 verses 8 and 9.

Tissot had the talent to be a screenwriter, imagining every nuance of a scene.

61 posted on 06/17/2022 9:07:57 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("This is Thy pleasure, that Thou art my joy")
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