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1 And the two messengers came to Sodom in the evening and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them and rose up to meet them. And he bowed himself with his face to the earth
2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, I beseech you*, turn aside into your* servant's house and abide all night and wash your* feet and you* will rise up early and go on your* way. And they said, No, but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he urged them greatly. And they turned aside to him and entered into his house. And he made a feast for them and baked unleavened bread and they ate.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, encompassed themselves around the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out to them to the doorway and shut the door after him. 7 And he said, I beseech you*, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. I beseech you*, let me bring them out to you* and you* do to them as is good in your* eyes. Only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one came in to journey and he will be a judge? Now we will deal worse with you, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, against Lot and drew near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand and brought Lot to them into the house and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
12 And the men said to Lot, Have you any here in Sodom besides those in the house? Take your son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and whomever you have in the city and bring them out of the place. 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has been great before Jehovah. And Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out and spoke to his sons in-law, who married his daughters and said, Up, you* get out of this place, because Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed as a man jesting, to his sons-in-law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the messengers hurried Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found here, lest you are consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 But he lingered. And the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, because Jehovah was being merciful to him and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
17 And it happened, when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for your life. Do not look behind you, neither will you stay in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you are consumed.
18 And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my lord. 19 Behold now, your servant has found favor in your sight and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee to and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul will live.
21 And he said to him, Behold, I have lifted up you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 You hasten, escape there, because I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then Jehovah rained brimstone and fire upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, from Jehovah out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities and all the Plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the face of Jehovah. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the Plain and saw it. And behold, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it happened, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham and that he sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him, because he feared to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed by our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it happened on the day after, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine this night also and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed by our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. The same is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
3 And he urged them greatly. And they turned aside to him and entered into his house. And he made a feast for them and baked unleavened bread and they ate.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, encompassed themselves around the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out to them to the doorway and shut the door after him. 7 And he said, I beseech you*, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. I beseech you*, let me bring them out to you* and you* do to them as is good in your* eyes. Only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one came in to journey and he will be a judge? Now we will deal worse with you, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, against Lot and drew near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand and brought Lot to them into the house and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
12 And the men said to Lot, Have you any here in Sodom besides those in the house? Take your son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and whomever you have in the city and bring them out of the place. 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has been great before Jehovah. And Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out and spoke to his sons in-law, who married his daughters and said, Up, you* get out of this place, because Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed as a man jesting, to his sons-in-law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the messengers hurried Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found here, lest you are consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 But he lingered. And the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, because Jehovah was being merciful to him and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
17 And it happened, when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for your life. Do not look behind you, neither will you stay in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you are consumed.
18 And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my lord. 19 Behold now, your servant has found favor in your sight and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee to and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul will live.
21 And he said to him, Behold, I have lifted up you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 You hasten, escape there, because I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then Jehovah rained brimstone and fire upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, from Jehovah out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities and all the Plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the face of Jehovah. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the Plain and saw it. And behold, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it happened, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham and that he sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him, because he feared to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed by our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it happened on the day after, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine this night also and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed by our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. The same is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.