1 I t was evening when the two angels came to Sodom. Lot was sitting at Sodom’s gate. Seeing them, Lot rose up to meet them and bowed to the ground.

Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

2 A nd he said, My lords, turn aside, I beg of you, into your servant’s house and spend the night and bathe your feet. Then you can arise early and go on your way. But they said, No, we will spend the night in the square.

And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.”

3 e ntreated and urged them greatly until they yielded and entered his house. And he made them a dinner and had unleavened bread which he baked, and they ate.

Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 B ut before they lay down, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, all the men from every quarter, surrounded the house.

Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

5 A nd they called to Lot and said, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know (be intimate with) them.

and they called to Lot and said to him, “ Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”

6 A nd Lot went out of the door to the men and shut the door after him

But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

7 A nd said, I beg of you, my brothers, do not behave so wickedly.

and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.

8 L ook now, I have two daughters who are virgins; let me, I beg of you, bring them out to you, and you can do as you please with them. But only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.

Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.”

9 B ut they said, Stand back! And they said, This fellow came in to live here temporarily, and now he presumes to be judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them. So they rushed at and pressed violently against Lot and came close to breaking down the door.

But they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door.

10 B ut the men reached out and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut the door after him.

But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11 A nd they struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, from the youths to the old men, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

12 A nd the men asked Lot, Have you any others here—sons-in-law or your sons or your daughters? Whomever you have in the city, bring them out of this place,

Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place;

13 F or we will spoil and destroy; for the outcry and shriek against its people has grown great before the Lord, and He has sent us to destroy it.

for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

14 A nd Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will spoil and destroy this city! But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, “Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

15 W hen morning came, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, Arise, take your wife and two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed and swept away in the iniquity and punishment of the city.

When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

16 B ut while he lingered, the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, for the Lord was merciful to him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city and left him there.

But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city.

17 A nd when they had brought them forth, they said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you or stop anywhere in the whole valley; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.

When they had brought them outside, one said, “ Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away.”

18 A nd Lot said to them, Oh, not that, my lords!

But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

19 B ehold now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your kindness and mercy to me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.

Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

20 S ee now yonder city; it is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape to it! Is it not a little one? And my life will be saved!

now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) that my life may be saved.”

21 A nd said to him, See, I have yielded to your entreaty concerning this thing also; I will not destroy this city of which you have spoken.

He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken.

22 M ake haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

23 T he sun had risen over the earth when Lot entered Zoar.

The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

24 T hen the Lord rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of the heavens.

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

25 H e overthrew, destroyed, and ended those cities, and all the valley and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

26 B ut wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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

27 A braham went up early the next morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord;

28 A nd he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and saw, and behold, the smoke of the country went up like the smoke of a furnace.

and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

29 W hen God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities where Lot lived.

Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived. Lot Is Debased

30 A nd 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 lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

31 T he elder said to the younger, Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth to live with us in the customary way.

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth.

32 C ome, let us make our father drunk with wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring (our race) through our father.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father.”

33 A nd they made their father drunk with wine that night, and the older went in and lay with her father; and he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she arose.

So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34 T hen the next day the firstborn said to the younger, See here, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drunk with wine tonight also, and then you go in and lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring (our race) through our father.

On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father.”

35 A nd they made their father drunk with wine again that night, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she arose.

So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

36 T hus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

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

37 T he older bore a son, and named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

38 T he younger also bore a son and named him Ben-ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.