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.

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,

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 saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'

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.

And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.

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 lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;

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 call unto Lot and say to him, `Where the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.'

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

And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,

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

and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;

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.

lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow 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.

And they say, `Come nigh hither;' they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh 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.

And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have 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.

and the men who at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.

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,

And the men say unto Lot, `Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from 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 destroying this place, for their cry hath been great the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send 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.

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

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.

And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity 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.

And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without 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.

And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

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

And Lot saith unto them, `Not, I pray thee, my lord;

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.

lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave me, and I have died;

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!

lo, I pray thee, this city near to flee thither, and it little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'

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.

And he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city which thou hast 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.

haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.

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

The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,

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

and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;

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 overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

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

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

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

And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood the face of Jehovah;

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 looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the 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.

And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.

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.

And Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth 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.

And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as the way of all 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, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.'

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.

And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising 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.

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.'

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.

And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

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

And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,

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

and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he father of Moab unto 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 to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day.