GE-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;
GE-19:2 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.
GE-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.
GE-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:
GE-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.
GE-19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the
door
after him,
GE-19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
GE-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.
GE-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.
GE-19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into
the
house to them, and shut to the door.
GE-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.
GE-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:
GE-19:13 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.
GE-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
the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that
mocked unto
his sons in law.
GE-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.
GE-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; the
LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and
set him
without the city.
GE-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.
GE-19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
GE-19:19 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:
GE-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.
GE-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.
GE-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.
GE-19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into
Zoar.
GE-19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone
and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
GE-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.
GE-19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she
became a
pillar of salt.
GE-19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place
where
he stood before the LORD:
GE-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.
GE-19:29 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.
GE-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.
GE-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:
GE-19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will
lie
with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
GE-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.
GE-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.
GE-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.
GE-19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their
father.
GE-19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab:
the
same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day.
GE-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.
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