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1. The two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting near the city gate. When he saw them, he got up and went to them and bowed facedown on the ground.
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1. And there came H935 two H8147 angels H4397 to Sodom H5467 at even H6153 ; and Lot H3876 sat H3427 in the gate H8179 of Sodom H5467 : and Lot H3876 seeing H7200 them rose up H6965 to meet H7125 them ; and he bowed himself H7812 with his face H639 toward the ground H776 ;
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2. Lot said, "Sirs, please come to my house and spend the night. There you can wash your feet, and then tomorrow you may continue your journey." The angels answered, "No, we will spend the night in the city's public square."
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2. And he said H559 , Behold H2009 now H4994 , my lords H113 , turn in H5493 , I pray you H4994 , into H413 your servant H5650 's 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 ways H1870 . And they said H559 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 we will abide in the street all night H3885 H7339 .
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3. But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.
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3. And he pressed H6484 upon them greatly H3966 ; and they turned in H5493 unto H413 him , and entered H935 into H413 his house H1004 ; and he made H6213 them a feast H4960 , and did bake H644 unleavened bread H4682 , and they did eat H398 .
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4. Before bedtime, men both young and old and from every part of Sodom surrounded Lot's house.
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4. But before H2962 they lay down H7901 , the men H376 of the city H5892 , even the men H376 of Sodom H5467 , compassed H5437 H5921 the house H1004 round , both old H2205 and young H4480 H5288 , all H3605 the people H5971 from every quarter H4480 H7097 :
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5. They called to Lot, "Where are the two men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sexual relations with them."
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5. And they called H7121 unto H413 Lot H3876 , and said H559 unto him, Where H346 are the men H376 which H834 came in H935 to H413 thee this night H3915 ? bring them out H3318 unto H413 us , that we may know H3045 them.
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6. Lot went outside to them, closing the door behind him.
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6. And Lot H3876 went out H3318 at the door H6607 unto H413 them , and shut H5462 the door H1817 after H310 him,
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7. He said, "No, my brothers! Do not do this evil thing.
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7. And said H559 , I pray you H4994 , brethren H251 , do not so wickedly H7489 H408 .
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8. Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."
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8. Behold H2009 now H4994 , I have two H8147 daughters H1323 which H834 have not H3808 known H3045 man H376 ; let me , I pray you H4994 , bring them out H3318 H853 unto H413 you , and do H6213 ye to them as is good H2896 in your eyes H5869 : only H7535 unto these H411 men H376 do H6213 nothing H408 H1697 ; for H3588 therefore H5921 H3651 came H935 they under the shadow H6738 of my roof H6982 .
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9. The men around the house answered, "Move out of the way!" Then they said to each other, "This man Lot came to our city as a stranger, and now he wants to tell us what to do!" They said to Lot, "We will do worse things to you than to them." They started pushing him back and were ready to break down the door.
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9. And they said H559 , Stand H5066 back H1973 . And they said H559 again , This one H259 fellow came in H935 to sojourn H1481 , and he will needs be a judge H8199 H8199 : now H6258 will we deal worse H7489 with thee, than H4480 with them . And they pressed H6484 sore H3966 upon the man H376 , even Lot H3876 , and came near H5066 to break H7665 the door H1817 .
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10. But the two men staying with Lot opened the door, pulled him back inside the house, and then closed the door.
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10. But the men H376 put forth H7971 H853 their hand H3027 , and pulled H935 H853 Lot H3876 into the house H1004 to H413 them , and shut to H5462 the door H1817 .
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11. They struck those outside the door with blindness, so the men, both young and old, could not find the door.
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11. And they smote H5221 the men H376 that H834 were at the door H6607 of the house H1004 with blindness H5575 , both small H4480 H6996 and great H1419 : so that they wearied themselves H3811 to find H4672 the door H6607 .
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12. The two men said to Lot, "Do you have any other relatives in this city? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or any other relatives? If you do, tell them to leave now,
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12. And the men H376 said H559 unto H413 Lot H3876 , Hast thou here H6311 any H4310 besides H5750 a son H2860 -in-law , and thy sons H1121 , and thy daughters H1323 ? and whatsoever H3605 H834 thou hast in the city H5892 , bring H3318 them out of H4480 this place H4725 :
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13. because we are about to destroy this city. The Lord has heard of all the evil that is here, so he has sent us to destroy it."
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13. For H3588 we H587 will destroy H7843 H853 this H2088 place H4725 , because H3588 the cry H6818 of them is waxen great H1431 H853 before the face H6440 of the LORD H3068 ; and the LORD H3068 hath sent H7971 us to destroy H7843 it.
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14. So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!" But they thought Lot was joking.
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14. And Lot H3876 went out H3318 , and spoke H1696 unto H413 his sons H2860 -in-law , which married H3947 his daughters H1323 , and said H559 , Up H6965 , get you out H3318 of H4480 this H2088 place H4725 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 will destroy H7843 H853 this city H5892 . But he seemed H1961 as one that mocked H6711 unto H5869 his sons H2860 -in-law.
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15. At dawn the next morning, the angels begged Lot to hurry. They said, "Go! Take your wife and your two daughters with you so you will not be destroyed when the city is punished."
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15. And when H3644 the morning H7837 arose H5927 , then the angels H4397 hastened H213 Lot H3876 , saying H559 , Arise H6965 , take H3947 H853 thy wife H802 , and thy two H8147 daughters H1323 , which are here H4672 ; lest H6435 thou be consumed H5595 in the iniquity H5771 of the city H5892 .
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16. But Lot delayed. So the two men took the hands of Lot, his wife, and his two daughters and led them safely out of the city. So the Lord was merciful to Lot and his family.
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16. And while he lingered H4102 , the men H376 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 ; the LORD H3068 being merciful H2551 unto H5921 him : and they brought him forth H3318 , and set H5117 him without H4480 H2351 the city H5892 .
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17. After they brought them out of the city, one of the men said, "Run for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Run to the mountains, or you will be destroyed."
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17. And it came to pass H1961 , when they had brought them forth H3318 H853 abroad H2351 , that he said H559 , Escape H4422 for H5921 thy life H5315 ; look H5027 not H408 behind H310 thee, neither H408 stay H5975 thou in all H3605 the plain H3603 ; escape H4422 to the mountain H2022 , lest H6435 thou be consumed H5595 .
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18. But Lot said to one of them, "Sir, please don't force me to go so far!
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18. And Lot H3876 said H559 unto H413 them, Oh H4994 , not H408 so , my Lord H136 :
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19. You have been merciful and kind to me and have saved my life. But I can't run to the mountains. The disaster will catch me, and I will die.
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19. Behold H2009 now H4994 , thy servant H5650 hath found H4672 grace H2580 in thy sight H5869 , and thou hast magnified H1431 thy mercy H2617 , which H834 thou hast showed H6213 unto H5973 me in saving H2421 H853 my life H5315 ; and I H595 cannot H3808 H3201 escape H4422 to the mountain H2022 , lest H6435 some evil H7451 take H1692 me , and I die H4191 :
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20. Look, that little town over there is not too far away. Let me run there. It's really just a little town, and I'll be safe there."
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20. Behold H2009 now H4994 , this H2063 city H5892 is near H7138 to flee H5127 unto H8033 , and it H1931 is a little one H4705 : Oh H4994 , let me escape H4422 thither H8033 , (is it H1931 not H3808 a little one H4705 ?) and my soul H5315 shall live H2421 .
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21. The angel said to Lot, "Very well, I will allow you to do this also. I will not destroy that town.
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21. And he said H559 unto H413 him, See H2009 , I have accepted H5375 H6440 thee concerning this H2088 thing H1697 also H1571 , that I will not H1115 overthrow H2015 H853 this city H5892 , for the which H834 thou hast spoken H1696 .
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22. But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
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22. Haste H4116 thee, escape H4422 thither H8033 ; for H3588 I cannot H3808 H3201 do H6213 any thing H1697 till H5704 thou be come H935 thither H8033 . Therefore H5921 H3651 the name H8034 of the city H5892 was called H7121 Zoar H6820 .
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23. The sun had already come up when Lot entered Zoar.
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23. The sun H8121 was risen H3318 upon H5921 the earth H776 when Lot H3876 entered H935 into Zoar H6820 .
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24. The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah
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24. Then the LORD H3068 rained H4305 upon H5921 Sodom H5467 and upon H5921 Gomorrah H6017 brimstone H1614 and fire H784 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 out of H4480 heaven H8064 ;
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25. and destroyed those cities. He also destroyed the whole Jordan Valley, everyone living in the cities, and even all the plants.
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25. And he overthrew H2015 H853 those H411 cities H5892 , and all H3605 the plain H3603 , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the cities H5892 , and that which grew H6780 upon the ground H127 .
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26. At that point Lot's wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar of salt.
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26. But his wife H802 looked H5027 back from behind H4480 H310 him , and she became H1961 a pillar H5333 of salt H4417 .
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27. Early the next morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord.
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27. And Abraham H85 got up early H7925 in the morning H1242 to H413 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 he stood H5975 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 :
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28. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
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28. And he looked H8259 toward H5921 H6440 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 , and toward H5921 H6440 all H3605 the land H776 of the plain H3603 , and beheld H7200 , and, lo H2009 , the smoke H7008 of the country H776 went up H5927 as the smoke H7008 of a furnace H3536 .
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29. God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had asked. So God saved Lot's life, but he destroyed the city where Lot had lived.
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29. And it came to pass H1961 , when God H430 destroyed H7843 H853 the cities H5892 of the plain H3603 , that God H430 remembered H2142 H853 Abraham H85 , and sent H7971 H853 Lot H3876 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the overthrow H2018 , when he overthrew H2015 H853 the cities H5892 in the which H2004 H834 Lot H3876 dwelt H3427 .
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30. Lot was afraid to continue living in Zoar, so he and his two daughters went to live in the mountains in a cave.
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30. And Lot H3876 went up H5927 out of Zoar H4480 H6820 , and dwelt H3427 in the mountain H2022 , and his two H8147 daughters H1323 with H5973 him; for H3588 he feared H3372 to dwell H3427 in Zoar H6820 : and he dwelt H3427 in a cave H4631 , he H1931 and his two H8147 daughters H1323 .
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31. One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old. Everywhere on the earth women and men marry, but there are no men around here for us to marry.
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31. And the firstborn H1067 said H559 unto H413 the younger H6810 , Our father H1 is old H2204 , and there is not H369 a man H376 in the earth H776 to come in H935 unto H5921 us after the manner H1870 of all H3605 the earth H776 :
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32. Let's get our father drunk and have sexual relations with him. We can use him to have children and continue our family."
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32. Come H1980 , let us make H853 our father H1 drink H8248 wine H3196 , and we will lie H7901 with H5973 him , that we may preserve H2421 seed H2233 of our father H4480 H1 .
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33. That night the two girls got their father drunk, and the older daughter went and had sexual relations with him. But Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
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33. And they made H853 their father H1 drink H8248 wine H3196 that H1931 night H3915 : and the firstborn H1067 went in H935 , and lay H7901 with H854 her father H1 ; and he perceived H3045 not H3808 when she lay down H7901 , nor when she arose H6965 .
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34. The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I had sexual relations with my father. Let's get him drunk again tonight so you can go and have sexual relations with him, too. In this way we can use our father to have children to continue our family."
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34. And it came to pass H1961 on the morrow H4480 H4283 , that the firstborn H1067 said H559 unto H413 the younger H6810 , Behold H2005 , I lay H7901 last night H570 with H854 my father H1 : let us make him drink H8248 wine H3196 this night H3915 also H1571 ; and go thou in H935 , and lie H7901 with H5973 him , that we may preserve H2421 seed H2233 of our father H4480 H1 .
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35. So that night they got their father drunk again, and the younger daughter went and had sexual relations with him. Again, Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
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35. And they made H853 their father H1 drink H8248 wine H3196 that H1931 night H3915 also H1571 : and the younger H6810 arose H6965 , and lay H7901 with H5973 him ; and he perceived H3045 not H3808 when she lay down H7901 , nor when she arose H6965 .
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36. So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.
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36. Thus were both H8147 the daughters H1323 of Lot H3876 with child H2029 by their father H4480 H1 .
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37. The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of all the Moabite people who are still living today.
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37. And the firstborn H1067 bore H3205 a son H1121 , and called H7121 his name H8034 Moab H4124 : the same H1931 is the father H1 of the Moabites H4124 unto H5704 this day H3117 .
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38. The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the father of all the Ammonite people who are still living today.
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38. And the younger H6810 , she H1931 also H1571 bore H3205 a son H1121 , and called H7121 his name H8034 Ben H1151 -ammi : the same H1931 is the father H1 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 unto H5704 this day H3117 .
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