(KJV) Genesis 19¹

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⥃Lot Welcomes the Angels ^{[ Judges 19:1–30 ]}

[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose² up to meet them; and he bowed³ himself with his face toward the ground;⁴⁵ [2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn⁶ in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash⁷ your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay⁸; but we will abide in the street all night. [3] And he pressed⁹ upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast¹⁰, and did bake unleavened¹¹ bread, and they did eat.

[4] But¹² before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all¹³ the people from every quarter: [5] 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.¹⁴ [6] And Lot¹⁵ went out at the door¹⁶ unto them, and shut the door after him, [7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.¹⁷ [8] Behold now, I have¹⁸ two daughters which have not known man; let¹⁹ 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; for therefore²⁰ came they under the shadow of my roof. [9] And they said, Stand²¹ back. And they said [again], This²² 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 pressed²³ sore upon the man, [even] Lot, and came near to break the door. [10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. [11] And they smote the men that [were] at the door of the house with blindness²⁴, both small and great: so that they²⁵ wearied themselves to find the door.

⥃Lot Flees to Zoar

[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast²⁶ thou here any besides? son²⁷ in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring [them] out of this place: [13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry²⁸ of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath²⁹ sent us to destroy it. [14] And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which³⁰ married his daughters, and said, Up³¹, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one³² that mocked unto his sons in law.

[15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened³³ Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here³⁴; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity³⁵ of the city. [16] And while he lingered³⁶, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord³⁷ being merciful unto him: and they brought³⁸ him forth, and set him without the city.

[17] [¶]And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said³⁹, Escape⁴⁰ for thy life; look⁴¹ not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. [18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:⁴² [19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou⁴³ hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some⁴⁴ evil take me, and I die: [20] Behold now, this⁴⁵ city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my⁴⁶ soul shall live. [21] And he sai⁴⁷d unto him, See, I have accepted thee⁴⁸ concerning this thing also, that⁴⁹ I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. [22] Haste thee, escape thither; for⁵⁰ I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called⁵¹ Zoar⁵².

[23] [¶]The sun was risen⁵³ upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

⥃The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ^{[ Luke 17:20–37 ]}

[24] Then the Lord⁵⁴ rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone⁵⁵ and fire from the Lord out of heaven; [25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.⁵⁶

[26] [¶]But his wife looked⁵⁷ back from behind him, and⁵⁸ she became a pillar of salt.

[27] And Abraham gat up early⁵⁹ in the morning to the⁶⁰ place where he stood before the Lord: [28] 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.⁶¹

[29] [¶]And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God⁶² remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

⥃Lot and His Daughters

[30] And Lot⁶³ went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he⁶⁴ feared to dwell in Zoar⁶⁵: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. [31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not⁶⁶ a man in the earth to come⁶⁷ in unto us after the manner of all the earth: [32] Come⁶⁸, let us make our father drink⁶⁹ wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed⁷⁰ of our father. [33] And they made their father drink⁷¹ 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. [34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn 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.⁷² [35] 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.⁷³ [36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.⁷⁴ [37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab⁷⁵: the same [is] the father of the Moabites⁷⁶ unto this day.⁷⁷ [38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi⁷⁸: the same [is] the father of the children⁷⁹ of Ammon unto this day.

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