“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 shewed 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 any thing 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 firstborn 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.” (Ge
19:1-38 AV)
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