Based on the fact that Lot was such a giving person (Bereishis 19:2) that he was willing to risk his life for kindliness
וַיִּפְצַר־בָּם מְאֹד וַיָּסֻרוּ אֵלָיו וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם מִשְׁתֶּה וּמַצּוֹת אָפָה וַיֹּאכֵלוּ׃
But he urged them strongly, so they turned his way and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
and he raised at least one daughter follow in his footsteps and actually lose her life by giving food to the poor of Sodom.
Lot's wife however was extremely selfish and was punished by turning into a pillar of salt Bereishis 19,26 as Rashi and Midrash Rabba explain when Lot asked her to give salt to the guests she reprimanded him for having invited them and refused. What was the drawing factor in Lot marrying such a seemingly selfish woman?
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