“Now, when the men rose, they looked directly at Sodom and Gomorrah.”1 FROM [385] WHAT WAS READ YESTERDAY, dearly beloved, we learnt the extraordinary degree of the just man’s hospitality. Today, too, let us move to what follows and come to discover the patriarch’s love and compassion. You see, this good man possessed each of the virtues to an extraordinary degree: he was not only loving, hospitable and compassionate, but he gave evidence as well of all the other virtues in generous measure.