1 And there came two angels 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;
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.
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.
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:
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.
6 And
Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And
said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
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.
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.
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
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the
door.
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:
13 For
we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the
face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
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 the LORD will destroy this city. But
he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And
when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy
wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the
iniquity of the city.
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; the LORD being merciful unto him:
and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
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.
18 And
Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold
now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy
mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to
the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
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.
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.
22 Haste
thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.
Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The
sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then
the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone 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.
26 But
his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And
Abraham gat up early in the morning to the 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.
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 the which Lot dwelt.
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.
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:
32 Come,
let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father.
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.
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.
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.
36 Thus
were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And
the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the
father of the Moabites unto this day.
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.
