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 19:1 ¶ And the two angels came to Sodom at even; 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;

 19:1 ¶ And there cameºº twoº angelsº to Sodomº at even;º and Lotº satºº in the gateº of Sodom:º and Lotº seeingºº [them] rose upºº to meetºº them; and he bowedºº himselfº with his faceº toward the ground;º

 19:2 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, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

 19:2 And he said,ºº Beholdº now,º my lords,º turn in,ºº I pray you,º intoº your servant'sº house,º and tarry all night,ºº and washºº your feet,º and ye shall rise up early,ºº and goºº on your ways.º And they said,ºº Nay;º butº we will abideºº in the streetº all night.ººº

 19:3 And he urged 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.

 19:3 And he pressedºº upon them greatly;º and they turned inºº untoº him, and enteredºº intoº his house;º and he madeºº them a feast,º and did bakeºº unleavened bread,º and they did eat.ºº

 19:4 ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

 19:4 ¶ But beforeº they lay down,ºº the menºº of the city,º [even] the menºº of Sodom,º compassedººº the houseº round,ºº both oldº and young,ºº allº the peopleº from every quarter:ºº

 19:5 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

 19:5 And they calledºº untoº Lot,º and saidºº unto him, Whereº [are] the menºº whichº came inºº toº thee this night?º bring them outºº untoº us, that we may knowºº them.

 19:6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

 19:6 And Lotº went outºº at the doorº untoº them, and shutºº the doorº afterº him,º

 19:7 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.

 19:7 And said,ºº I pray you,º brethren,º do not so wickedly.ººº

 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters that 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, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

 19:8 Beholdº now,º I have twoº daughtersº whichº have notº knownºº man;º let me, I pray you,º bring them outººº untoº you, and doºº ye to them as [is] goodº in your eyes:º onlyº unto theseº menºº doºº nothing;ºº forº thereforeºº cameºº they under the shadowº of my roof.º

 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, 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 drew near to break the door.

 19:9 And they said,ºº Standºº back.º And they saidºº [again], This oneº [fellow] came inºº to sojourn,ºº and he will needsºº be a judge:ºº nowº will we deal worseºº with thee, thanº with them. And they pressedºº soreº upon the man,º [even] Lot,º and came nearºº to breakºº the door.º

 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

 19:10 But the menºº put forthººº their hand,º and pulledººº Lotº into the houseº toº them, and shutºº toº the door.º

 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.

 19:11 And they smoteºº the menºº thatº [were] at the doorº of the houseº with blindness,º both smallºº and great:º so that they weariedºº themselvesº to findºº the door.º

 19:12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place:

 19:12 ¶ And the menºº saidºº untoº Lot,º Hast thou hereº anyº besides?º son in law,º and thy sons,º and thy daughters,º and whatsoeverºº thou hast in the city,º bringº [them] outºº ofº this place:º

 19:13 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

 19:13 Forº weº will destroyººº thisº place,º becauseº the cryº of themº is waxen greatººº beforeº the faceº of the LORD;º and the LORDº hath sentºº us to destroyºº it.

 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

 19:14 And Lotº went out,ºº and spakeºº untoº his sons in law,º which marriedºº his daughters,º and said,ºº Up,ºº get you outºº ofº thisº place;º forº the LORDº will destroyººº this city.º But he seemedº as one that mockedºº untoº his sons in law.º

 19:15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

 19:15 ¶ And whenº the morningº arose,ºº then the angelsº hastenedºº Lot,º saying,ºº Arise,ºº takeººº thy wife,º and thy twoº daughters,º which are here;ºº lestº thou be consumedºº in the iniquityº of the city.º

 19:16 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, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

 19:16 And while he lingered,ºº the menºº laid holdºº upon his hand,º and upon the handº of his wife,º and upon the handº of his twoº daughters;º the LORDº being mercifulº untoº him: and they brought him forth,ºº and setº himºº withoutºº the city.º

 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.

 19:17 ¶ And it came to pass,º when they had brought them forthººº abroad,º that he said,ºº Escapeºº forº thy life;º lookºº notº behindº thee,º neitherº stayºº thou in allº the plain;º escapeºº to the mountain,º lestº thou be consumed.ºº

 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

 19:18 And Lotº saidºº untoº them, Oh,º notº so, my Lord:ºº

 19:19 behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:

 19:19 Beholdº now,º thy servantº hath foundºº graceº in thy sight,º and thou hast magnifiedºº thy mercy,º whichº thou hast shewedºº untoº meº in savingººº my life;º and Iº cannotººº escapeºº to the mountain,º lestº some evilº takeºº me, and I die:ºº

 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.

 19:20 Beholdº now,º thisº cityº [is] nearº to fleeºº unto,º and itº [is] a little one:º Oh,º let me escapeºº thither,º ([is] itº notº a little one?)º and my soulº shall live.ºº

 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

 19:21 And he saidºº untoº him, See,º I have acceptedººº theeº concerning thisº thingº also,º that I will notº overthrowººº this city,º for the whichº thou hast spoken.ºº

 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.

 19:22 Hasteºº thee, escapeºº thither;º forº I cannotººº doºº any thingº tillº thou be comeºº thither.º Thereforeºº the nameº of the cityº was calledºº Zoar.º

 19:23 ¶ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

 19:23 ¶ The sunº was risenºº uponº the earthº when Lotº enteredºº into Zoar.º

 19:24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

 19:24 Then the LORDº rainedºº uponº Sodomº and uponº Gomorrahº brimstoneº and fireº fromºº the LORDº out ofº heaven;º

 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.

 19:25 And he overthrewººº thoseº cities,º and allº the plain,º and allº the inhabitantsºº of the cities,º and that which grewº upon the ground.º

 19:26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

 19:26 ¶ But his wifeº lookedº backºº from behindºº him,º and she becameº a pillarº of salt.º

 19:27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:

 19:27 ¶ And Abrahamº gat up earlyºº in the morningº toº the placeº whereºº he stoodººº beforeº the LORD:º

 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 land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

 19:28 And he lookedºº towardºº Sodomº and Gomorrah,º and towardºº allº the landº of the plain,º and beheld,ºº and, lo,º the smokeº of the countryº went upºº as the smokeº of a furnace.º

 19:29 ¶ 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 which Lot dwelt.

 19:29 ¶ And it came to pass,º when Godº destroyedººº the citiesº of the plain,º that Godº rememberedººº Abraham,º and sentººº Lotº out of the midstºº of the overthrow,º when he overthrewººº the citiesº in the whichºº Lotº dwelt.ºº

 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.

 19:30 ¶ And Lotº went upºº out of Zoar,ºº and dweltºº in the mountain,º and his twoº daughtersº withº him; forº he fearedºº to dwellºº in Zoar:º and he dweltºº in a cave,º heº and his twoº daughters.º

 19:31 And the first-born 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:

 19:31 And the firstbornº saidºº untoº the younger,º Our fatherº [is] old,ºº and [there is] notº a manº in the earthº to come inºº untoº us after the mannerº of allº the earth:º

 19:32 come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

 19:32 Come,ººº let us makeººº our fatherº drinkºº wine,º and we will lieºº withº him, that we may preserveºº seedº of our father.ºº

 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

 19:33 And they madeººº their fatherº drinkºº wineº thatº night:º and the firstbornº went in,ºº and layºº withº her father;º and he perceivedºº notº when she lay down,ºº nor when she arose.ºº

 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born 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.

 19:34 And it came to passº on the morrow,ºº that the firstbornº saidºº untoº the younger,º Behold,º I layºº yesternightº withº my father:º let us make him drinkºº wineº this nightº also;º and go thou in,ºº [and] lieºº withº him, that we may preserveºº seedº of our father.ºº

 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

 19:35 And they madeººº their fatherº drinkºº wineº thatº nightº also:º and the youngerº arose,ºº and layºº withº him; and he perceivedºº notº when she lay down,ºº nor when she arose.ºº

 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

 19:36 Thus were bothº the daughtersº of Lotº with childºº by their father.ºº

 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.

 19:37 And the firstbornº bareºº a son,º and calledºº his nameº Moab:º the sameº [is] the fatherº of the Moabitesº untoº this day.º

 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

 19:38 And the younger,º sheº alsoº bareºº a son,º and calledºº his nameº Benammi:º the sameº [is] the fatherº of the childrenº of Ammonº untoº this day.º