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The two angels came to Sodom in the evening ;
and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom .
When Lot saw them ,
he rose to meet them ,
and bowed himself with his face to the earth ,
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and said , "
My lords ,
turn aside ,
I pray you ,
to your servant '
s house and spend the night ,
and wash your feet ;
then you may rise up early and go on your way ."
They said , "
No ;
we will spend the night in the street ."
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But he urged them strongly ;
so they turned aside to him and entered his house ;
and he made them a feast ,
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 ,
both young and old ,
all the people to the last man ,
surrounded the house ;
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and they called to Lot , "
Where are the men who came to you tonight ?
Bring them out to us ,
that we may know them ."
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Lot went out of the door to the men ,
shut the door after him ,
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and said , "
I beg you ,
my brothers ,
do not act so wickedly .
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Behold ,
I have two daughters who have not known man ;
let me bring them out to you ,
and do to them as you please ;
only do nothing to these men ,
for they have come under the shelter of my roof ."
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But they said , "
Stand back !"
And they said , "
This fellow came to sojourn ,
and he would play the judge !
Now we will deal worse with you than with them ."
Then they pressed hard against the man Lot ,
and drew near to break the door .
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But the men put forth their hands and brought Lot into the house to them ,
and shut the door .
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And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house ,
both small and great ,
so that they wearied themselves groping for the door .
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Then the men said to Lot , "
Have you any one else here ?
Sons-in-law ,
sons ,
daughters ,
or any one you have in the city ,
bring them out of the place ;
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for we are about to destroy this place ,
because the outcry against its people has become great before the LORD ,
and the LORD has sent us to destroy it ."
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So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law ,
who were to marry his daughters , "
Up ,
get out of this place ;
for the LORD is about to destroy the city ."
But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting .
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When morning dawned ,
the angels urged Lot ,
saying , "
Arise ,
take your wife and your two daughters who are here ,
lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city ."
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But he lingered ;
so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand ,
the LORD being merciful to him ,
and they brought him forth and set him outside the city .
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And when they had brought them forth ,
they said , "
Flee for your life ;
do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley ;
flee to the hills ,
lest you be consumed ."
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And Lot said to them , "
Oh ,
no ,
my lords ;
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behold ,
your servant has found favor in your sight ,
and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life ;
but I cannot flee to the hills ,
lest the disaster overtake me ,
and I die .
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Behold ,
yonder city is near enough to flee to ,
and it is a little one .
Let me escape there--is it not a little one ?--
and my life will be saved !"
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He said to him , "
Behold ,
I grant you this favor also ,
that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken .
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Make haste ,
escape there ;
for I can do nothing till you arrive there ."
Therefore the name of the city was called Zo '
ar .
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The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zo '
ar .
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Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor '
rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ;
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and he overthrew those cities ,
and all the valley ,
and all the inhabitants of the cities ,
and what grew on the ground .