Genesis:19:1-17
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And the two [
heavenly ]
agents came to Sodom at evening ,
and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom .
And Lot saw them ,
and rose up to meet them .
And he bowed himself with his face to the earth ,
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and he said ,
Behold now ,
my lords ,
turn aside ,
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 way .
And they said ,
No ,
but we will abide in the street all n
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And he urged them greatly .
And they turned in to him ,
and entered into his house .
And he made a feast for them ,
and baked unleavened bread ,
and they ate .
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But before they lay down ,
the men of the city ,
the men of Sodom ,
encompassed the house around ,
both young and old ,
all the people from every quarter .
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And they called to Lot ,
and said to him ,
Where are the men who came in to thee this night ?
Bring them out to us ,
that we may know them .
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And Lot went out to them to the door ,
and shut the door after him .
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And he said ,
I pray you ,
my brothers ,
do not so wickedly .
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Behold now ,
I have two daughters who have not known a man .
Let me ,
I pray you ,
bring them out to you ,
and do ye to them as is good in your eyes .
Only do nothing to these men ,
inasmuch as they have come under the shadow of my roof .
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And they said ,
Stand back .
And they said ,
This one fellow came in to sojourn ,
and he will be a judge .
Now we will deal worse with thee ,
than with them .
And they pressed greatly upon the man ,
even Lot ,
and drew near to break the doo
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But the men put forth their hand ,
and brought Lot into the house to them ,
and shut to the door .
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And they smote the men who 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 to Lot ,
Have thou here any besides ?
Son-in-law ,
and thy sons ,
and thy daughters ,
and whomever thou have in the city ,
bring them out of the place .
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For we will destroy this place ,
because the cry of them has been great before LORD .
And LORD has sent us to destroy it .
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And Lot went out ,
and spoke to his sons-in-law ,
who married his daughters ,
and said ,
Up ,
get you out of this place ,
for LORD will destroy the city .
But he seemed to his sons-in-law as a man jesting .
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And when the morning arose ,
then the [
heavenly ]
agents hurried Lot ,
saying ,
Arise ,
take thy wife ,
and thy two daughters who are here ,
lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city .
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But he lingered .
And the men laid hold upon his hand ,
and upon the hand of his wife ,
and upon the hand of his two daughters ,
LORD being merciful to him ,
and they brought him forth ,
and set him outside 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 ,
do not look behind thee ,
neither stay thou in all the Plain .
Escape to the mountain ,
lest thou be consumed .