19:1 And the two Messengers came to Sodom at
evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up
to meet them, and he worshiped with his face to the ground, and said,
19:2 Lo! [my] lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from
your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye
shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the
street.
19:3 And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered
into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for
them, and they did eat.
19:4 But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites,
compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.
19:5 And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that went
in to thee this night? bring them out to us that we may be with them.
19:6 And Lot went out to them to the porch, and he shut the door after him,
19:7 and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villainously.
19:8 But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them
out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to
these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my roof.
19:9 And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was
it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they
pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door.
19:10 And the men stretched forth their hands and drew Lot in to them into
the house, and shut the door of the house.
19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the
door.
19:12 And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here sons-in-law, or sons or
daughters, or if thou hast any other friend in the city, bring them out of
this place.
19:13 For we are going to destroy this place; for their cry has been raised
up before Yehovah, and Yehovah has sent us to destroy it.
19:14 And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his
daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for Yehovah is
about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his
sons-in-law.
19:15 But when it was morning, the Messengers hastened Lot, saying, Arise and
take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou
also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.
19:16 And they were troubled, and the Messengers laid hold on his hand, and the
hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that Yehovah
spared him.
19:17 And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save
thine own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor
stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps
thou be overtaken together with them.
19:18 And Lot said to them, I pray, Lord,
19:19 since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified
thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live,--
but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity
overtake me and I die.
19:20 Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small
one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall
live because of thee.
19:21 And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to thee also about this
thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which thou hast spoken.
19:22 Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not be able to do
anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called the name of that
city, Segor.
19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Segor.
19:24 And Yehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the
Lord out of heaven.
19:25 And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and
all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.
19:26 And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
19:27 And Abraam rose up early to go to the place, where he had stood before
Yehovah.
19:28 And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and towards the surrounding
country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of
a furnace.
19:29 And it came to pass that when Elohim destroyed all the cities of the
region round about, Elohim remembered Abraam, and sent Lot out of the midst of
the overthrow, when Yehovah overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.
19:30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and dwelt in the mountain, he and his
two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Segor; and he dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters with him.
19:31 And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no
one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.
19:32 Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him,
and let us raise up seed from our father.
19:33 So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went
in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and
when he rose up.
19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder said to the younger,
Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let us make him drink wine in
this night also, and do thou go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up
seed of our father.
19:35 So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the
younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept,
nor when he arose.
19:36 And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
19:37 And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, [He is] of
my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.
19:38 And the younger also bore a son, and called his name Amman, saying,
The son of my family. This is the father of the Ammanites to this present
day. |
19:1 And there came two Messengers 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;
19:2 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 shall rise
up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the
street all night.
19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; 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.
19:4 But before they lay 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:
19:5 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.
19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
19:8 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; for therefore came they under the
shadow of my roof.
19:9 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.
19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door.
19:11 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.
19:12 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:
19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great
before the face of Yehovah; and Yehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
19:14 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 Yehovah will
destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
19:15 And when the morning arose, then the Messengers hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be
consumed in the iniquity of the city.
19:16 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; Yehovah being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
19:17 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.
19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Yehovah:
19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
19:21 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.
19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come
thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
19:24 Then Yehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from Yehovah out of heaven;
19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt.
19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before Yehovah:
19:28 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.
19:29 And it came to pass, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that
Elohim remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when
he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
19:30 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.
19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, 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:
19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
19:33 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.
19:34 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.
19:35 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.
19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is
the father of the Moabites unto this day.
19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the
same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. |