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;

² And he said, Behold now, my lords, 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.

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.

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:

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.

⁶ And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

⁷ And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

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.

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.

¹⁰ But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

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.

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:

¹³ For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

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 the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

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.

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; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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.

¹⁸ And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:

¹⁹ Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

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.

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.

²² Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

²³ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

²⁴ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

²⁵ And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

²⁶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

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.

²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

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.

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:

³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

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.

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.

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.

³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

³⁷ And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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.

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¹ And there came ^H935 two ^H8147 angels ^H4397 to Sodom ^H5467 at even; ^H6153 and Lot ^H3876 sat ^H3427 in the gate ^H8179 of Sodom: ^H5467 and Lot ^H3876 seeing ^H7200 them rose up ^H6965 to meet ^H7125 them; and he bowed ^H7812 himself with his face ^H639 toward the ground; ^H776

² And he said, ^H559 Behold now, my lords, ^H113 turn in, ^H5493 I pray you, into your servant's ^H5650 house, ^H1004 and tarry all night, ^H3885 and wash ^H7364 your feet, ^H7272 and ye shall rise up early, ^H7925 and go ^H1980 on your ways. ^H1870 And they said, ^H559 Nay; but we will abide ^H3885 in the street ^H7339 all night. ^H3885

³ And he pressed ^H6484 upon them greatly; ^H3966 and they turned in ^H5493 unto him, and entered ^H935 into his house; ^H1004 and he made ^H6213 them a feast, ^H4960 and did bake ^H644 unleavened bread, ^H4682 and they did eat. ^H398

⁴ But before they lay down, ^H7901 the men ^H582 of the city, ^H5892 even the men ^H582 of Sodom, ^H5467 compassed ^H5437 the house ^H1004 round, ^H5437 both old ^H2205 and young, ^H5288 all the people ^H5971 from every quarter: ^H7097

⁵ And they called ^H7121 unto Lot, ^H3876 and said ^H559 unto him, Where are the men ^H582 which came in ^H935 to thee this night? ^H3915 bring them out ^H3318 unto us, that we may know ^H3045 them.

⁶ And Lot ^H3876 went out ^H3318 at the door ^H6607 unto them, and shut ^H5462 the door ^H1817 after him, ^H310

⁷ And said, ^H559 I pray you, brethren, ^H251 do not so wickedly. ^H7489

⁸ Behold now, I have two ^H8147 daughters ^H1323 which have not known ^H3045 man; ^H376 let me, I pray you, bring them out ^H3318 unto you, and do ^H6213 ye to them as is good ^H2896 in your eyes: ^H5869 only unto these ^H411 men ^H582 do ^H6213 nothing; ^{H408 H1697} for therefore came ^H935 they under the shadow ^H6738 of my roof. ^H6982

⁹ And they said, ^H559 Stand ^H5066 back. ^H1973 And they said ^H559 again, This one ^H259 fellow came in ^H935 to sojourn, ^H1481 and he will needs ^H8199 be a judge: ^H8199 now will we deal worse ^H7489 with thee, than with them. And they pressed ^H6484 sore ^H3966 upon the man, ^H376 even Lot, ^H3876 and came near ^H5066 to break ^H7665 the door. ^H1817

¹⁰ But the men ^H582 put forth ^H7971 their hand, ^H3027 and pulled ^H935 Lot ^H3876 into the house ^H1004 to them, and shut ^H5462 to the door. ^H1817

¹¹ And they smote ^H5221 the men ^H582 that were at the door ^H6607 of the house ^H1004 with blindness, ^H5575 both small ^H6996 and great: ^H1419 so that they wearied ^H3811 themselves to find ^H4672 the door. ^H6607

¹² And the men ^H582 said ^H559 unto Lot, ^H3876 Hast thou here ^H6311 any ^H4310 besides? son in law, ^H2860 and thy sons, ^H1121 and thy daughters, ^H1323 and whatsoever ^H834 thou hast in the city, ^H5892 bring them out ^H3318 of this place: ^H4725

¹³ For we ^H587 will destroy ^{H7843 H853} this place, ^H4725 because the cry of them ^H6818 is waxen great ^H1431 before ^H854 the face ^H6440 of the LORD; ^H3068 and the LORD ^H3068 hath sent ^H7971 us to destroy ^H7843 it.

¹⁴ And Lot ^H3876 went out, ^H3318 and spake ^H1696 unto his sons in law, ^H2860 which married ^H3947 his daughters, ^H1323 and said, ^H559 Up, ^H6965 get you out ^H3318 of this place; ^H4725 for the LORD ^H3068 will destroy ^H7843 this city. ^H5892 But he seemed as one that mocked ^H6711 unto ^H5869 his sons in law. ^H2860

¹⁵ And when ^H3644 the morning ^H7837 arose, ^H5927 then the angels ^H4397 hastened ^H213 Lot, ^H3876 saying, ^H559 Arise, ^H6965 take ^H3947 thy wife, ^H802 and thy two ^H8147 daughters, ^H1323 which are here; ^H4672 lest thou be consumed ^H5595 in the iniquity ^H5771 of the city. ^H5892

¹⁶ And while he lingered, ^H4102 the men ^H582 laid hold ^H2388 upon his hand, ^H3027 and upon the hand ^H3027 of his wife, ^H802 and upon the hand ^H3027 of his two ^H8147 daughters; ^H1323 the LORD ^H3068 being merciful ^H2551 unto him: and they brought him forth, ^H3318 and set him ^H3240 without ^H2351 the city. ^H5892

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth ^H3318 abroad, ^H2351 that he said, ^H559 Escape ^H4422 for ^H5921 thy life; ^H5315 look ^H5027 not behind thee, ^H310 neither stay ^H5975 thou in all the plain; ^H3603 escape ^H4422 to the mountain, ^H2022 lest thou be consumed. ^H5595

¹⁸ And Lot ^H3876 said ^H559 unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: ^H113

¹⁹ Behold now, thy servant ^H5650 hath found ^H4672 grace ^H2580 in thy sight, ^H5869 and thou hast magnified ^H1431 thy mercy, ^H2617 which thou hast shewed ^H6213 unto me ^H5978 in saving ^H2421 my life; ^H5315 and I cannot ^H3201 escape ^H4422 to the mountain, ^H2022 lest some evil ^H7451 take ^H1692 me, and I die: ^H4191

²⁰ Behold now, this city ^H5892 is near ^H7138 to flee ^H5127 unto, and it ^H1931 is a little one: ^H4705 Oh, let me escape ^H4422 thither, (is it not a little one?) ^H4705 and my soul ^H5315 shall live. ^H2421

²¹ And he said ^H559 unto him, See, ^H2009 I have accepted ^H5375 thee ^H6440 concerning this thing ^H1697 also, that I will not overthrow ^H2015 this city, ^H5892 for the which ^H834 thou hast spoken. ^H1696

²² Haste ^H4116 thee, escape ^H4422 thither; for I cannot ^H3201 do ^H6213 any thing ^H1697 till thou be come ^H935 thither. Therefore the name ^H8034 of the city ^H5892 was called ^H7121 Zoar. ^H6820

²³ The sun ^H8121 was risen ^H3318 upon the earth ^H776 when Lot ^H3876 entered ^H935 into Zoar. ^H6820

²⁴ Then the LORD ^H3068 rained ^H4305 upon Sodom ^H5467 and upon Gomorrah ^H6017 brimstone ^H1614 and fire ^H784 from the LORD ^H3068 out of heaven; ^H8064

²⁵ And he overthrew ^H2015 those ^H411 cities, ^H5892 and all the plain, ^H3603 and all the inhabitants ^H3427 of the cities, ^H5892 and that which grew ^H6780 upon the ground. ^H127

²⁶ But his wife ^H802 looked back ^H5027 from behind him, ^H310 and she became a pillar ^H5333 of salt. ^H4417

²⁷ And Abraham ^H85 gat up early ^H7925 in the morning ^H1242 to the place ^H4725 where he stood ^H5975 before ^H6440 the LORD: ^H3068

²⁸ And he looked ^H8259 toward ^H6440 Sodom ^H5467 and Gomorrah, ^H6017 and toward ^H6440 all the land ^H776 of the plain, ^H3603 and beheld, ^H7200 and, lo, the smoke ^H7008 of the country ^H776 went up ^H5927 as the smoke ^H7008 of a furnace. ^H3536

²⁹ And it came to pass, when God ^H430 destroyed ^H7843 the cities ^H5892 of the plain, ^H3603 that God ^H430 remembered ^H2142 Abraham, ^H85 and sent ^H7971 Lot ^H3876 out of the midst ^H8432 of the overthrow, ^H2018 when he overthrew ^H2015 the cities ^H5892 in the which ^H2004 Lot ^H3876 dwelt. ^H3427

³⁰ And Lot ^H3876 went up ^H5927 out of Zoar, ^H6820 and dwelt ^H3427 in the mountain, ^H2022 and his two ^H8147 daughters ^H1323 with him; for he feared ^H3372 to dwell ^H3427 in Zoar: ^H6820 and he dwelt ^H3427 in a cave, ^H4631 he and his two ^H8147 daughters. ^H1323

³¹ And the firstborn ^H1067 said ^H559 unto the younger, ^H6810 Our father ^H1 is old, ^H2204 and there is not a man ^H376 in the earth ^H776 to come in ^H935 unto us after the manner ^H1870 of all the earth: ^H776

³² Come, ^H3212 let us make ^H8248 our father ^H1 drink ^H8248 wine, ^H3196 and we will lie ^H7901 with him, that we may preserve ^H2421 seed ^H2233 of our father. ^H1

³³ And they made ^H8248 their father ^H1 drink ^H8248 wine ^H3196 that night: ^H3915 and the firstborn ^H1067 went in, ^H935 and lay ^H7901 with her father; ^H1 and he perceived ^H3045 not when she lay down, ^H7901 nor when she arose. ^H6965

³⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, ^H4283 that the firstborn ^H1067 said ^H559 unto the younger, ^H6810 Behold, I lay ^H7901 yesternight ^H570 with my father: ^H1 let us make him drink ^H8248 wine ^H3196 this night ^H3915 also; and go thou in, ^H935 and lie ^H7901 with him, that we may preserve ^H2421 seed ^H2233 of our father. ^H1

³⁵ And they made ^H8248 their father ^H1 drink ^H8248 wine ^H3196 that ^H1931 night ^H3915 also: and the younger ^H6810 arose, ^H6965 and lay ^H7901 with him; and he perceived ^H3045 not when she lay down, ^H7901 nor when she arose. ^H6965

³⁶ Thus were both ^H8147 the daughters ^H1323 of Lot ^H3876 with child ^H2029 by their father. ^H1

³⁷ And the firstborn ^H1067 bare ^H3205 a son, ^H1121 and called ^H7121 his name ^H8034 Moab: ^H4124 the same ^H1931 is the father ^H1 of the Moabites ^H4124 unto this day. ^H3117

³⁸ And the younger, ^H6810 she also bare ^H3205 a son, ^H1121 and called ^H7121 his name ^H8034 Benammi: ^H1151 the same is the father ^H1 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 unto this day. ^H3117

---

¹ And the two angels came to Sodom at even; 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, turn aside, 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 way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

³ And he urged 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.

⁴ But before they lay down, the men of the city, `even' the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

⁵ and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

⁶ And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

⁷ And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.

⁸ Behold now, I have two daughters that 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, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

⁹ And they said, Stand back. And they said, 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 drew near to break the door.

¹⁰ But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

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.

¹² And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place:

¹³ for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

¹⁴ And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

¹⁵ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be 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, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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.

¹⁸ And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

¹⁹ behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto 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 unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.

²¹ And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

²² Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

²³ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

²⁴ Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

²⁵ and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

²⁶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:

²⁸ and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and 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; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

³¹ And the first-born 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:

³² come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

³³ And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born 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.

³⁵ And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

³⁷ And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

³⁸ And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

---

¹ And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,

² and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'

³ And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.

⁴ Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;

⁵ and they call unto Lot and say to him, `Where `are' the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.'

⁶ And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,

⁷ and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;

⁸ lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as `is' good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'

⁹ And they say, `Come nigh hither;' they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than `to' them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.

¹⁰ And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door;

¹¹ and the men who `are' at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.

¹² And the men say unto Lot, `Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from this place;

¹³ for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great `before' the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

¹⁴ And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as `one' mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

¹⁵ And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'

¹⁶ And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city.

¹⁷ And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

¹⁸ And Lot saith unto them, `Not `so', I pray thee, my lord;

¹⁹ lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave `to' me, and I have died;

²⁰ lo, I pray thee, this city `is' near to flee thither, and it `is' little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'

²¹ And he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city `for' which thou hast spoken;

²² haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.

²³ The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,

²⁴ and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;

²⁵ and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

²⁶ And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

²⁷ And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood `before' the face of Jehovah;

²⁸ and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.

²⁹ And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.

³⁰ And Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth in a cave, he and his two daughters.

³¹ And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father `is' old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as `is' the way of all the earth;

³² come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.'

³³ And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

³⁴ And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.'

³⁵ And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

³⁶ And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,

³⁷ and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he `is' father of Moab unto this day;

³⁸ as to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he `is' father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day.

---

¹ And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,

² and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.

³ And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a repast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they ate.

⁴ Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest -- all the people from every quarter.

⁵ And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.

⁶ And Lot went out to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him,

⁷ and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!

⁸ Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.

⁹ And they said, Back there! And they said [again], This one came to sojourn, and he must be a judge? Now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the man -- on Lot; and drew near to break the door.

¹⁰ And the men stretched out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

¹¹ And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

¹² And the men said to Lot, Whom hast thou here besides? a son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city -- bring [them] out of the place.

¹³ For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

¹⁴ And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Up, go out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he was as if he jested, in the sight of his sons-in-law.

¹⁵ And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.

¹⁶ And as he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the city.

¹⁷ And it came to pass when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou perish.

¹⁸ And Lot said to them, Not [so], I pray thee, Lord;

¹⁹ behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.

²⁰ Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither -- is it not small? -- and my soul shall live.

²¹ And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

²² Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

²³ The sun rose upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

²⁴ And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,

²⁵ and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.

²⁶ And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ And Abraham rose early in the morning [and went] to the place where he had stood before Jehovah;

²⁸ and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, a smoke went up from the land as the smoke of a furnace.

²⁹ And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

³⁰ And Lot went up from 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.

³¹ And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:

³² come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

³³ And they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.

³⁴ And it came to pass on the next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father: let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

³⁵ And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.

³⁶ And both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

³⁷ And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same 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 children of Ammon to this day.

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¹ The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

² and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

³ He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

⁴ But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

⁵ They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them."

⁶ Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

⁷ He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

⁸ See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

⁹ They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

¹⁰ But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

¹¹ They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

¹² The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:

¹³ for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is grown great before Yahweh. Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

¹⁴ Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

¹⁵ When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

¹⁶ But he lingered; and the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.

¹⁷ It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"

¹⁸ Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

¹⁹ See 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. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

²⁰ See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."

²¹ He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

²² Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.{Zoar means "little."}

²³ The sun was risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

²⁴ Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.

²⁵ He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

²⁶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

²⁸ He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

²⁹ It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

³⁰ Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.

³¹ The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

³² Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

³³ They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³⁴ It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

³⁵ They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger arose, and lay with him. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³⁶ Thus both of Lot's daughters were with child by their father.

³⁷ The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. The same is the father of the Moabites to this day.

³⁸ The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. The same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

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¹ And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

² And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

³ But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

⁴ But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

⁵ And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.

⁶ And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.

⁷ And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.

⁸ See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

⁹ And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.

¹⁰ But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

¹¹ But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.

¹² Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;

¹³ For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

¹⁴ And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

¹⁵ And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

¹⁶ But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

¹⁷ And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

¹⁸ And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;

¹⁹ See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;

²⁰ This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.

²¹ And he said, See, I have given you your request in this one thing more: I will not send destruction on this town.

²² Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.

²³ The sun was up when Lot came to Zoar.

²⁴ Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.

²⁵ And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.

²⁶ But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:

²⁸ And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.

²⁹ So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.

³⁰ Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their living-place in a hole in the rock.

³¹ And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

³² Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father,

³³ And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

³⁴ And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

³⁵ And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

³⁶ And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

³⁷ And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

³⁸ And the younger had a son and gave him the name Ben-ammi: from him come the children of Ammon to this day.