Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening , and Lot was sitting in the gateway of (the city). When Lot saw them , he got up to meet them , bowed facedown ... ,
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and said , “... ... My lords , please turn aside into the house of your servant ; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way. ” “ No , ” ... they answered , “ we will spend the night in the square. ”
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But (Lot) insisted so strongly that they followed him vvv into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread , and they ate.
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Before they had gone to bed , all ... the men of the city ... of Sodom , both young and old , ... surrounded ... the house.
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They called out to Lot , saying “ Where are the men who came to you tonight ... ? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them ! ”
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Lot went outside to meet them , shutting the door behind him.
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“ Please , my brothers , ” he pleaded , “ don’t do such a wicked thing !
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Look , ... two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring ... them to you , and you can do as you please .... But do not do anything to these men , for ... ... they have come under the protection of my roof. ”
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“ Get out of the way ... ! ” they replied. And they declared , “ This one came here as a foreigner , and he is already acting like a judge ... ! Now we will treat you worse And they pressed ... in on Lot ... and moved in to break down the door.
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But the men (inside) - reached out ... , pulled - Lot into the house - with them , and shut the door.
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And they struck the men - at the entrance ... , young and old , with blindness , so that they wearied themselves (trying) to find the door.
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Then the (two) men said to Lot , “ Do else here — a son-in-law , your sons or daughters , or anyone else in the city who belongs Get them out of here ,
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because we - are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to ... the LORD (against its people) is so great that (He) has sent us to destroy it. ”
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So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “ Get up , ” he said. “ Get out of this place , for the LORD - is about to destroy the city ! ” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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At daybreak ... the angels hurried Lot along , saying , “ Get up ! Take - your wife - and your two daughters who are here , or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city. ”
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But when (Lot) hesitated , the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city , because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
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- As soon as the men had brought them out , one of them said , “ Run for your lives ! Do not look back , and do not stop anywhere on the plain ! Flee to the mountains , or you will be swept away ! ”
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But Lot replied ... , “ No , my lords , please !
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Your servant has indeed ... found favor in your sight , and you have shown me ... great kindness - by sparing - my life. But I cannot ... run to the mountains ; ... the disaster will overtake me , and I will die.
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Look , there (is) a town nearby where I can flee , and it is a small place. Please let me flee ... there — is it not a small place ? Then my life will be saved. ”
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“ Very well , ” he answered ... , “ I will grant this request ... ... ... as well , and will not demolish - the town - you indicate.
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Hurry ! Run there quickly , for I cannot ... do anything until you reach it. ” That is why ... the town was called ... Zoar.
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And by the time the sun had risen over the land , Lot had reached Zoar.
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Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom ... and Gomorrah — from the LORD out of the heavens.
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Thus He destroyed - these - cities and the entire plain , including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
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But (Lot’s) wife looked back , and she became a pillar of salt.
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Early the next morning , Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood ... ... before the LORD.
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He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah ... and all ... the land of the plain , and he saw ... the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
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So when God - destroyed the cities of the plain , He - remembered Abraham , and He brought - Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed - the cities where (he) had lived
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Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains — for he was afraid to stay in Zoar — where (they) ... ... lived in a cave.
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One day the older (daughter) said to the younger , “ Our father is old , and there is no man in the land to sleep with us , as is the custom over all the earth.
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Come , let us get our father drunk - with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve (his) line. ”
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So that night they got their father drunk - with wine , and the firstborn went in and slept with - her father ; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
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- The next day the older (daughter) said to the younger , “ Look , I slept with my father last night. - Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in (and) sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line. ”
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So again that - night they got their father drunk with wine , and the younger (daughter) went in and slept with him ; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
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Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
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The older (daughter) gave birth to a son and named him ... Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
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The younger (daughter) also gave birth to a son , and she named him vvv Ben-ammi. ... He is the father of the Ammonites ... of today.
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