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Verse 1

And the two{H8147} angels{H4397} came{H935} to Sodom{H5467} at even;{H6153} and Lot{H3876} sat{H3427} in the gate{H8179} of Sodom:{H5467} and Lot{H3876} saw{H7200} them, and rose up{H6965} to meet{H7125} them; and he bowed{H7812} himself with his face{H639} to the earth;{H776}

Verse 2

and he said,{H559} Behold now, my lords,{H113} turn aside,{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 way.{H1870} And they said,{H559} Nay; but we will abide{H3885} in the street{H7339} all night.{H3885}

Verse 3

And he urged{H6484} 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}

Verse 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 young{H5288} and old,{H2205} all the people{H5971} from every quarter;{H7097}

Verse 5

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

Verse 6

And Lot{H3876} went out{H3318} unto them to the door,{H1817} and shut{H5462} the door{H1817} after him.{H310}

Verse 7

And he said,{H559} I pray you, my brethren,{H251} do not so wickedly.{H7489}

Verse 8

Behold now, I have two{H8147} daughters{H1323} that 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} forasmuch as they are come{H935} under the shadow{H6738} of my roof.{H6982}

Verse 9

And they said,{H559} Stand{H5066} back.{H1973} And they said,{H559} 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 drew near{H5066} to break{H7665} the door.{H1817}

Verse 10

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

Verse 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}

Verse 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 whomsoever{H834} thou hast in the city,{H5892} bring them out{H3318} of the place:{H4725}

Verse 13

for we{H587} will destroy{H7843} this place,{H4725} because the cry of them{H6818} is waxed{H1431} great{H854} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} and Jehovah{H3068} hath sent{H7971} us to destroy{H7843} it.

Verse 14

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

Verse 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} that are here,{H4672} lest thou be consumed{H5595} in the iniquity{H5771} of the city.{H5892}

Verse 16

But he lingered;{H4102} and 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} Jehovah{H3068} being merciful{H2551} unto him: and they brought him{H3240} forth,{H3318} and set him{H3240} without the city.{H5892}

Verse 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}

Verse 18

And Lot{H3876} said{H559} unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:{H113}

Verse 19

behold now, thy servant{H5650} hath found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} and thou hast magnified{H1431} thy lovingkindness,{H2617} which thou hast showed{H6213} unto me{H5978} in saving{H2421} my life;{H5315} and I cannot{H3201} escape{H4422} to the mountain,{H2022} lest evil{H7451} overtake{H1692} me, and I die:{H4191}

Verse 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}

Verse 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} the city{H5892} of which{H834} thou hast spoken.{H1696}

Verse 22

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

Verse 23

The sun{H8121} was risen{H3318} upon the earth{H776} when Lot{H3876} came{H935} unto Zoar.{H6820}

Verse 24

Then Jehovah{H3068} rained{H4305} upon Sodom{H5467} and upon Gomorrah{H6017} brimstone{H1614} and fire{H784} from Jehovah{H3068} out of heaven;{H8064}

Verse 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}

Verse 26

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

Verse 27

And Abraham{H85} gat up early{H7925} in the morning{H1242} to the place{H4725} where he had stood{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068}

Verse 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 land{H776} went up{H5927} as the smoke{H7008} of a furnace.{H3536}

Verse 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 which{H2004} Lot{H3876} dwelt.{H3427}

Verse 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}

Verse 31

And the first-born{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}

Verse 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}

Verse 33

And they made{H8248} their father{H1} drink{H8248} wine{H3196} that night:{H3915} and the first-born{H1067} went in,{H935} and lay{H7901} with her father;{H1} and he knew{H3045} not when she lay down,{H7901} nor when she arose.{H6965}

Verse 34

And it came to pass on the morrow,{H4283} that the first-born{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}

Verse 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 knew{H3045} not when she lay down,{H7901} nor when she arose.{H6965}

Verse 36

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

Verse 37

And the first-born{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}

Verse 38

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

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