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SEDOM SCRAPED AWAY And two angels come to Sedom at evening; and Lot sits in the portal of Sedom: and Lot sees and rises to meet them; and he prostrates - nostrils to the earth; 2 and he says, Behold I beseech, my adonim, turn in, I beseech you, into the house of your servant and stay overnight and bathe your feet and start early and go on your ways. And they say, No; but we stay in the wideway overnight. 3 And he urges them mightily; and they turn in to him and enter his house; and he works them a banquet and bakes matsah and they eat. 4 But ere they lie down, the men of the city - the men of Sedom surround the house - from aged to lad - all the people from every extremity: 5 and they call to Lot and say to him, Where are the men who came in to you this night? bring them out to us, for us to know them. 6 And Lot goes to them at the portal and shuts the door after him, 7 and says, I beseech you, brothers, vilify not: 8 behold, I beseech, I have two daughters who know no man; I - I beseech you, I bring them out to you and you work to them as is good in your eyes: only work no word to these men; and so they come under the shadow of my beams. 9 And they say, Draw back. And they say, This one came in to sojourn and in judging, he judges: now we vilify you, rather than them. And they urge mightily on the man, Lot and come near to break the door. 10 And the men spread their hand and pull Lot into the house to them and shut the door: 11 and they smite the men at the portal of the house with blindness - both small and great: so that they weary themselves to find the portal. 12 And the men say to Lot, Have you here any besides? Your in laws and your sons and your daughters and whatever you have in the city, bring them from this place; 13 for we ruin this place: because their cry greatens at the face of Yah Veh; and Yah Veh sends us to ruin it. 14 And Lot goes and words to his in laws who took his daughters, and says, Rise, get from this place: for Yah Veh ruins this city! - but he seems as one who ridicules in the eyes of his in laws. 15 And as the dawn ascends, the angels hasten Lot, saying, Rise, take your woman and your two daughters whom you find; lest you be scraped away in the perversity of the city. 16 And he lingers and the men uphold his hand and the hand of his woman and the hand of his two daughters; Yah Veh being compassionate to him: and they bring him and set him outside the city. 17 And so be it, when he brings them out, he says, Escape for your soul; neither look behind you, nor stay in all the environs! Escape to the mountain, lest you be scraped away. 18 And Lot says to them, Oh I beseech, not so, my adonim: 19 behold I beseech, your servant found charism in your eyes and you greatened your mercy, which you worked to me in preserving my soul alive; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil adhere and I die: 20 behold, I beseech, this city is near to flee to and it is a little one: I beseech, that I escape thither, - is it not a little one? and my soul lives. 21 And he says to him, Behold, I spare your face concerning this word also, that I not overturn this city for which you word. 22 Hasten! Escape thither! for I can work no word until you come there - so they call the name of the city Soar. 23 The sun rises on the earth and Lot enters Soar: 24 and Yah Veh rains sulphur and fire on Sedom and on Amorah from Yah Veh from the heavens; 25 and he overturns those cities and all the environs; and all who settle the cities and all that sprouts on the soil: 26 but his woman looks back from behind him and she becomes a statue of salt. 27 And Abraham starts early in the morning to the place where he stood at the face of Yah Veh: 28 and he looks at the face of Sedom and Amorah and at the face of all the land of the environs; and sees, and behold, the smoke of the land ascends as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And so be it, as Elohim ruins the cities of the environs, Elohim remembers Abraham; and sends Lot from midst the overturning in overturning the cities in which Lot settled: 30 and Lot ascends from Soar and settles in the mountain with his two daughters; for he awes to settle in Soar: and he settles in a cave - he and his two daughters.
THE CHILDREN OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LOT
31 And the firstbirthed says to the lesser, Our father ages and there is no man in the earth to come in to us after the way of all the earth: 32 come, we have our father drink wine and we lie with him to enliven seed of our father. 33 And that night, they have their father drink wine: and the firstbirthed goes in and lies with her father; and he perceives neither when she lies down nor when she rises. 34 And so be it, on the morrow, the firstbirthed says to the lesser, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: we have him drink wine this night also; and go you in and lie with him, so that we enliven seed of our father. 35 And they have their father drink wine this night also: and the lesser rises and lies with him; and he perceives neither when she lies down, nor when she rises. 36 Thus the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father. 37 And the firstbirthed births a son and calls his name Moab - the father of the Moabiym to this day: 38 and the lesser also births a son and calls his name Ben Ammi: - the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
SEDOM SCRAPED AWAY And two angels come to Sedom at evening; and Lot sits in the portal of Sedom: and Lot sees and rises to meet them; and he prostrates - nostrils to the earth; 2 and he says, Behold I beseech, my adonim, turn in, I beseech you, into the house of your servant and stay overnight and bathe your feet and start early and go on your ways. And they say, No; but we stay in the wideway overnight. 3 And he urges them mightily; and they turn in to him and enter his house; and he works them a banquet and bakes matsah and they eat. 4 But ere they lie down, the men of the city - the men of Sedom surround the house - from aged to lad - all the people from every extremity: 5 and they call to Lot and say to him, Where are the men who came in to you this night? bring them out to us, for us to know them. 6 And Lot goes to them at the portal and shuts the door after him, 7 and says, I beseech you, brothers, vilify not: 8 behold, I beseech, I have two daughters who know no man; I - I beseech you, I bring them out to you and you work to them as is good in your eyes: only work no word to these men; and so they come under the shadow of my beams. 9 And they say, Draw back. And they say, This one came in to sojourn and in judging, he judges: now we vilify you, rather than them. And they urge mightily on the man, Lot and come near to break the door. 10 And the men spread their hand and pull Lot into the house to them and shut the door: 11 and they smite the men at the portal of the house with blindness - both small and great: so that they weary themselves to find the portal. 12 And the men say to Lot, Have you here any besides? Your in laws and your sons and your daughters and whatever you have in the city, bring them from this place; 13 for we ruin this place: because their cry greatens at the face of Yah Veh; and Yah Veh sends us to ruin it. 14 And Lot goes and words to his in laws who took his daughters, and says, Rise, get from this place: for Yah Veh ruins this city! - but he seems as one who ridicules in the eyes of his in laws. 15 And as the dawn ascends, the angels hasten Lot, saying, Rise, take your woman and your two daughters whom you find; lest you be scraped away in the perversity of the city. 16 And he lingers and the men uphold his hand and the hand of his woman and the hand of his two daughters; Yah Veh being compassionate to him: and they bring him and set him outside the city. 17 And so be it, when he brings them out, he says, Escape for your soul; neither look behind you, nor stay in all the environs! Escape to the mountain, lest you be scraped away. 18 And Lot says to them, Oh I beseech, not so, my adonim: 19 behold I beseech, your servant found charism in your eyes and you greatened your mercy, which you worked to me in preserving my soul alive; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil adhere and I die: 20 behold, I beseech, this city is near to flee to and it is a little one: I beseech, that I escape thither, - is it not a little one? and my soul lives. 21 And he says to him, Behold, I spare your face concerning this word also, that I not overturn this city for which you word. 22 Hasten! Escape thither! for I can work no word until you come there - so they call the name of the city Soar. 23 The sun rises on the earth and Lot enters Soar: 24 and Yah Veh rains sulphur and fire on Sedom and on Amorah from Yah Veh from the heavens; 25 and he overturns those cities and all the environs; and all who settle the cities and all that sprouts on the soil: 26 but his woman looks back from behind him and she becomes a statue of salt. 27 And Abraham starts early in the morning to the place where he stood at the face of Yah Veh: 28 and he looks at the face of Sedom and Amorah and at the face of all the land of the environs; and sees, and behold, the smoke of the land ascends as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And so be it, as Elohim ruins the cities of the environs, Elohim remembers Abraham; and sends Lot from midst the overturning in overturning the cities in which Lot settled: 30 and Lot ascends from Soar and settles in the mountain with his two daughters; for he awes to settle in Soar: and he settles in a cave - he and his two daughters.
THE CHILDREN OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LOT
31 And the firstbirthed says to the lesser, Our father ages and there is no man in the earth to come in to us after the way of all the earth: 32 come, we have our father drink wine and we lie with him to enliven seed of our father. 33 And that night, they have their father drink wine: and the firstbirthed goes in and lies with her father; and he perceives neither when she lies down nor when she rises. 34 And so be it, on the morrow, the firstbirthed says to the lesser, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: we have him drink wine this night also; and go you in and lie with him, so that we enliven seed of our father. 35 And they have their father drink wine this night also: and the lesser rises and lies with him; and he perceives neither when she lies down, nor when she rises. 36 Thus the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father. 37 And the firstbirthed births a son and calls his name Moab - the father of the Moabiym to this day: 38 and the lesser also births a son and calls his name Ben Ammi: - the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.