1 T he 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

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 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.”

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 B ut 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.

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 efore they went to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom both young and old gathered around 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 T hey called to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we may lie 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 L ot went out the door to the men, and shut the door behind him.

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

7 H e said, “My brothers, please do not be so sinful.

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

8 S ee, 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.”

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, “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.

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

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

11 T hen 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

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 T hen 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.

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 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.”

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 S o 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.

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 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.”

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 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.

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 W hen 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.”

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 B ut Lot said to them, “O, no, my lords!

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

19 S ee, 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.

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, 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.”

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

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

22 H urry and run there. For I cannot do anything until you get there.” So the name given to the town was 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 moved over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

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

24 T hen the Lord poured fire from the heavens upon Sodom and Gomorrah.

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

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

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

27 A braham went early in the 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 H e 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.

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 B ut 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.

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 T hen 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.

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 hen the first-born daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is old. And there is not a man on earth to marry us.

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 drink wine. Let us lie with him, so we may keep our family through our father.”

come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.'

33 S o 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.

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 O n 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.”

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 S o 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.

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 S o both the daughters of Lot were going to have a child by their father.

And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,

37 T he first-born daughter gave birth to a son, and gave him the name 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 daughter gave birth to a son also. She gave him the name Benammi. 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.