Genesis 19:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 18:4 : 4 Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
  • Judg 19:17-21 : 17 And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from? 18 And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house. 19 But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything. 20 And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street. 21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
  • Luke 24:28-29 : 28 And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on; 29 But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

Similar Verses (AI)

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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.

  • Gen 19:3-19
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    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;

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    20 And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

    21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.

    22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

    23 So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

  • Judg 19:6-9
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    6 So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

    7 And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.

    8 Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.

    9 And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

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    11 When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there.

    12 But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.

    13 And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

    14 So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

    15 And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

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    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

    3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

    4 Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

    5 And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

  • 32 Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

  • 16 And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

  • 29 But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

  • 22 And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.

  • 12 Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

  • 18 And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

  • 10 So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

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

  • 54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

  • 4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

  • 25 But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.