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.

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He put 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 said, “My lords, come into the house of your servant. Stay the night, and wash your feet. Then you may rise early and go on your way.” But they said, “No, we will stay the night in the street.”

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.

But he begged them, so they turned aside with him and went into his house. And he made a supper for them. He made bread without yeast, 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 went to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom both young and old gathered around the house.

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.

They called to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we may lie with them.”

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

Lot went out the door to the men, and shut the door behind him.

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

He said, “My brothers, please do not be so sinful.

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.

See, I have two daughters who have never had a man. Let me bring them out to you. And do to them whatever you want. But do nothing to these men, for they have come to be safe under 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, “Get out of our way. This man came to live here from another land. And already he acts like a judge. Now we will do worse things to you than to them.” So they pushed hard against Lot and almost broke down 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 two men put 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.

Then they blinded the men who were at the door of the house, both small and big. So the men became tired trying to find the door. Lot Leaves Sodom

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 asked Lot, “Do you have any others here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, anyone you have in the city, bring them out of this 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 the cry against its people has become so loud to 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.

So Lot went out to speak to his sons-in-law who were to marry his daughters. He said, “Get up! Get out of this place! For the Lord will destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was only joking.

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 came, the angels told Lot to hurry. They said, “Get up. Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Or else you will be destroyed when the city is punished.”

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 Lot was slow to move. So the men took him, his wife and two daughters by the hand and brought them out of the city. For the Lord had loving-pity for him.

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 out of the city, one of them said, “Run for your life! Do not look behind you. Do not stop until you are out of the valley. Run to the mountains or else you will be destroyed.”

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

But Lot said to them, “O, 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.

See, your servant has found favor in your eyes. You have shown me great kindness in what you have done for me by saving my life. But I cannot run to the mountains. For I will run into danger and 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!

See, this town is near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me run there (is it not small?) and my life will 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.

The angel said to him, “See, I am doing what you ask. I will not destroy this town that you have spoken about.

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 and run there. For I cannot do anything until you get there.” So the name given to the town was Zoar.

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

The sun had moved 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 poured fire from the heavens upon Sodom and Gomorrah.

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.

He destroyed those cities, and all the valley, and all the people 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 Lot’s wife behind him turned and looked toward the cities. And she was changed into salt.

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

Abraham went early in the morning 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.

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley. And he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke from a place where there is much fire.

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.

But when God destroyed the cities of the valley, He remembered Abraham. He sent Lot out of the center of the danger, when He destroyed the cities where Lot lived.

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.

Then Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters, and lived in the mountains for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave in the side of a mountain with 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 first-born daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is old. And there is not a man on earth to marry us.

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. Let us lie with him, so we may keep 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 first-born went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

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 next day, the first-born said to the younger, “See, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine tonight also, then you go in and lie with him. And we may keep 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, then the younger daughter went and lay with him. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

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

So both the daughters of Lot were going to have a 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 first-born daughter gave birth to a son, and gave him the 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.

The younger daughter gave birth to a son also. She gave him the name Benammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.