Genesis:19-20
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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 ;
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And he said ,
Behold now ,
my lords ,
turn in ,
I pray you ,
into your servants 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 .
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And he pressed upon them greatly m @#
od #;
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 .
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But before they lay down ,
the men of the city ,
even the men of Sodom ,
compassed #
the house round ,
both old and young na #
ar #,
all the people from every quarter :
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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 .
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And Lot went out at the door unto them ,
and shut the door after him ,
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And said ,
I pray you ,
brethren ,
do not so wickedly .
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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 #
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for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof .
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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 .
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But the men put forth their hand ,
and pulled Lot into the house to them ,
and shut to the door .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Lot said unto them ,
Oh ,
not so ,
my Lord :
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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 :
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Behold now ,
this city is near to flee unto ,
and it is a little one mits #
ar #:
Oh ,
let me escape thither , (
is it not a little one mits #
ar #? )
and my soul shall live .
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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 .
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Haste thee ,
escape thither ;
for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither .
Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar Tso #
ar #.
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The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar Tso #
ar #.
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Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ;
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And he overthrew those cities ,
and all the plain ,
and all the inhabitants of tcities ,
and that which grew upon the ground .
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But his wife looked back from behind him ,
and she became a pillar of salt .
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And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD :
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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 .
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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 .
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And Lot went up out of Zoar Tso #
ar #,
and dwelt in the mountain ,
and his two daughters with him ;
for he feared to dwell in Zoar Tso #
ar #:
and he dwelt in a cave m @#
arah #,
he and his two daughters .
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And the firstborn said unto the younger tsa #
iyr #,
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 :
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Come ,
let us make #
our father drink wine ,
and we will lie with him ,
that we may preserve seed of our father .
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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 .
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And it came to pass on the morrow ,
that the firstborn said unto the younger tsa #
iyr #,
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 .
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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 .
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Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father .
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And the firstborn bare a son ,
and called his name Moab Mow #
ab #:
the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day .
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And the younger tsa #
iyr #,
she also bare a son ,
and called his name Benammi Ben -#
Ammiy #:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day .
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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country ,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur ,
and sojourned in Gerar .
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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife ,
She is my sister :
and Abimelech king of Gerar sent ,
and took Sarah .
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night ,
and said to him ,
Behold ,
thou art but a dead man ,
for the woman which thou hast taken ;
for she is a mans wife .
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But Abimelech had not come near her :
and he said ,
Lord ,
wilt thou slay also a righteous nation ?
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Said he not unto me ,
She is my sister ?
and she ,
even she herself said ,
He is my brother :
in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this .
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And God said unto him in a dream ,
Yea ,
I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ;
for I also withheld thee from sinning against me :
therefore suffered I thee not to touch her .
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Now therefore restore the man his wife ;
for he is a prophet ,
and he shall pray for thee b @#
ad #,
and thou shalt live :
and if thou restore her not ,
know thou that thou shalt surely die ,
thou ,
and all that are thine .
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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning ,
and called all his servants ,
and told all these things in their ears :
and the men were sore afraid .
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Then Abimelech called Abraham ,
and said unto him ,
What hast thou done unto us ?
and what have I offended thee ,
that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin chata #
ah #?
thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done .
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham ,
What sawest thou ,
that thou hast done this thing ?
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And Abraham said ,
Because I thought ,
Surely the fear of God is not in this place ;
and they will slay me for my wifes sake .
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And yet indeed she is my sister ;
she is the daughter of my father ,
but not the daughter of my mother ;
and she became my wife .
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And it came to pass ,
when God caused me to wander from my fathers house ,
that I said unto her ,
This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me ;
at every place whither we shall come ,
say of me ,
He is my brother .
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And Abimelech took sheep tso #
n #,
and oxen ,
and menservants ,
and womenservants ,
and gave them unto Abraham ,
and restored him Sarah his wife .
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And Abimelech said ,
Behold ,
my land is before thee :
dwell where it pleaseth towb #
thee .
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And unto Sarah he said ,
Behold ,
I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver :
behold ,
he is to thee a covering of the eyes ,
unto all that are with thee ,
and with all other :
thus she was reproved .
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So Abraham prayed unto God :
and God healed Abimelech ,
and his wife ,
and his maidservants ;
and they bare children .
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For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech ,
because of Sarah Abrahams wife .
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And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said ,
and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken .