Genesis:19

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* And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening , and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom ; and when Lot saw them he rose up to meet them , and he bowed himself with his face to the ground . * 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 can rise up early , and go on your way . And they said , Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night . * And he pressed upon them greatly , and they turned in unto him , and entered into his house ; and he made them a feast , and baked unleavened bread , and they did eat . * But before they had lain 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 : * And they called unto Lot , and said unto him , Where are the men who came in to thee this night ? bring them out unto us , that we may know them . * And Lot went out unto them , at the entrance , and shut the door after him . * And he said , I pray you , my brethren , do not act wickedly . * Behold now , I have two daughters who 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 , since they have once come under the shadow of my roof . * And they said , Stand back . And they said , This one man came in to sojourn , and he will needs be a judge ; now will we deal worse with thee than with them . And they pressed sorely upon the man Lot , and they came near to break the door . * But the men put forth their hand , and pulled Lot to them into the house , and the door they locked . * And the men that were at the entrance of the house they smote with blindness , both small and great , so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance . * And the men said unto Lot , Hast thou here any besides ? a son –in –law , and thy sons , and thy daughters , and whatsoever thou hast in the city , bring out of this place . * For we will destroy this place , because the cry against them is waxed great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it . * And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons –in –law , who were to marry his daughters , and said , Arise , get yourselves out of this place , for the Lord will destroy this city ; but he seemed as one that jesteth in the eyes of his sons –in –law . * And as the morning dawn arose , the angels urged Lot , saying , Arise , take thy wife , and thy two daughters that are here , lest thou be consumed for the iniquity of the city . * And while he yet lingered , the men laid hold of his hand , and of the hand of his wife , and of the hand of his two daughters , because the Lord desired to spare him ; and they brought him forth , and set him without the city . * 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 . * And Lot said unto them , Oh , not so , my lord ! * Behold now , thy servant hath found grace in thy eyes , and thou hast magnified thy kindness , which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain , lest the evil overtake me , and I die . * Behold now , this city is near to flee thereunto , and it is little ; oh , let me , I pray thee , escape thither , that my life may be saved . * And he said unto him , See , I have favored thee concerning this thing also , that I will not overthrow this city , of which thou hast spoken . * Haste thee , escape thither ; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither . Therefore was the name of the city called Zoar . * The sun rose over the earth , when Lot entered into Zoar . * And the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire , from the Lord , out of heaven ; * And he overthrew those cities , and all the plain , and all the inhabitants of the cities , and that which grew upon the ground . * But his wife looked back from behind him , and she became a pillar of salt . * And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord : * And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah , and toward all the land of the plain , and beheld , and lo , smoke went up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace . * And it came to pass , when God destroyed the cities of the plain , that God remembered Abraham , and sent Lot away out of the midst of the overthrow , when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt . * 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 . * And the first –born said unto the younger , Our father is old , and there is not a man in the country to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : * Come , let us make our father drink wine , and we will lie with him , that we may preserve seed of our father . * And they made their father drink wine that night ; and the first –born went in , and lay with her father , and he perceived not when she lay down , nor when she arose . * And it came to pass on the morrow , that the first –born 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 . * 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 . * And both the daughters of Lot became with child by their father . * And the first –born bore a son , and called his name Moab ; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day . * And the younger , she also bore a son , and called his name Ben –ammi : the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day .

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