Genesis 19
19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot
sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself
with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my masters, turn in, I
pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall
rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street
all night. 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned
in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat. 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even
the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where
are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know
them. 19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut
the door after him, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not
known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in
your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my
roof. 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again,
This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse
with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to
break the door. 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot
into the house to them, and shut to the door. 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of
the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find
the door. 19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any
besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the
city, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of
them is waxen great before the face of 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law,
which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for 19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels
hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest
thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his
hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them
forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou
in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Please don't, my master: 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found favour in thy
sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my
life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it
is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall
live. 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee
concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken. 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any
thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into
Zoar. 19:24 Then YHWH rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and
all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became
a pillar of salt. 19:27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place
where he stood before 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all
the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as
the smoke of a furnace. 19:29 And it came to pass, when Elohim destroyed the cities of
the plain, that Elohim remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain,
and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in
a cave, he and his two daughters. 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is
old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of
all the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie
with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and
the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she
lay down, nor when she arose. 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn
said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our Father. 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also:
and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down,
nor when she arose. 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their
father. 19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab:
the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his
name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.; and
hath sent us to destroy it.
will
destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
out of heaven;
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