Gen 19 | ABEn | STEP | [ 5 came 1 And 2 the 3 two 4 angels] into Sodom at evening. And Lot settled by the city of Sodom. And seeing, Lot rose up to meet them, and did obeisance with his face upon the ground.

‏ Genesis 19

CHAPTER 19 Eradication of Sodom and Gomorrah

1 [⁵came ¹And ²the ³two ⁴angels] into Sodom at evening. And Lot settled by the city of Sodom. And seeing, Lot rose up to meet them, and did obeisance with his face upon the ground. 2 And he said, Behold lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest up, and wash your feet! that rising early you may go forth into your way. And they said, No, but in the square we will rest up. 3 And he constrained them, and they turned aside towards him, and entered unto his house. And he made for them a banquet, and [²unleavened breads ¹he baked] for them, and they ate. 4 Before putting to bed, the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house, from the young man unto the older, all the people together. 5 And they called forth Lot. And they said to him, Where are they, the men, the ones entering to you this night? Lead them to us, that we may be intimate with them! 6 [³came forth ¹And ²Lot] to them, to the threshold, [³the ¹and ⁴door ²he shut] behind him. 7 And he said to them, By no means, brethren, should you do wickedly. 8 But there are to me two daughters who knew not a man. I will lead them to you, and you treat them as pleases you! Only to these men you should not do unjust, because they entered under the protection of my beams. 9 And they said to him, You left there to enter here to sojourn, and not [²with judgment ¹to judge]. Now then to you we will inflict evil rather than them. And they were pressing the man Lot exceedingly, and they approached to break the door. 10 [⁴stretching out ¹And ²the ³men] the hands, drew Lot towards themselves into the house, and the door of the house they locked. 11 And the men being at the door of the house were struck with inability to see, from small unto great, and they were disabled in seeking the door. 12 [⁴said ¹And ²the ³men] to Lot, Are there [²to you ³here ¹in-laws], or sons or daughters? Or if [²any ⁴to you ³other ¹there is] in the city you lead them out of this place! 13 For we destroy this place. For [²was raised up high ¹their cry] before the lord, and [²sent ³us ¹the lord] to obliterate it. 14 [³went forth ¹And ²Lot] and spoke to his sons-in-law, the ones taking his daughters. And he said, Rise up, and come forth from out of this place, for the lord is obliterating the city. [⁴he seemed ¹But ⁵to be joking ²before ³his sons-in-law]. 15 And when dawn came [³hurried ¹the ²angels] Lot, saying, In rising up, take your wife and [²two ³daughters ¹your] whom you have, and come forth! that [³not ⁴also ¹you ²should] be destroyed together in the lawlessnesses of the city. 16 And they were disturbed, and [³held ¹the ²angels] his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands [²two ³daughters ¹of his], in the lord sparing him. 17 And it came to pass when they led them outside, and said, By escaping escape with your own life! You should not look round about to the rear, nor stand in any round about place. [²into ³the ⁴mountain ¹Escape]! lest at any time you may be taken along with them. 18 [³said ¹And ²Lot] to them, I beseech, O lord, 19 since [²found ¹your servant] favor before you, and you magnified your righteousness, which you do unto me, that [²may live ¹my soul], but I will not be able to come through safe into the mountain, lest [²overtake ³me ¹evils] and I die. 20 Behold, this city is near for me to take refuge there, which is small, there I will be delivered. [²not ³a small thing ¹Is it] that [²will live ¹my soul] because of you? 21 And he said to him, Behold, I admired your countenance over this saying, that I should not eradicate the city, concerning of which you spoke. 22 You hasten then to escape there, [³not ¹for ²I will] be able to do the thing until you go there! On account of this he called the name of that city, Zoar. 23 The sun came up upon the earth, and Lot entered into Zoar. 24 And the lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire from the lord from out of heaven. 25 And he eradicated these cities, and all the place round about, and all the ones dwelling in the cities, and the things rising from out of the ground.

Lot's Wife Becomes a Monument of Salt

26 And [²looked ¹his wife] unto the rear, and she became a monument of salt. 27 [³rose early ¹And ²Abraham] in the morning to the place of which he had stood before the lord. 28 And he looked upon the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and upon the face of the place round about. And he saw. And behold, [²ascended ¹a flame] from out of the earth, as vapor of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass in God obliterating all the [²cities ¹adjacent], God remembered Abraham, and he sent out Lot from the middle of the final event, in the eradicating the cities in which [²dwelt ³in ⁴them ¹Lot].

Incest Between Lot and His Daughters

30 [³came forth ¹And ²Lot] from out of Zoar, and settled in the mountain, and the two daughters of his with him; for he feared dwelling in Zoar. And he dwelt in the cave, he and the two daughters of his with him. 31 [⁴said ¹And ²the ³elder] to the younger, Our father is older, and there is no one upon the land who will enter to us, as it is fit in all the earth. 32 Come and we should give [³to drink ¹our father ²wine], and we should go to bed with him, that we might raise up [²from ³our father ¹seed]. 33 And they gave [³to drink ¹their father ²wine] in that night. And entering, the elder went to bed with her father in that night, and he did not know about her going to bed and rising up. 34 And it came to pass in the next day, and [³said ¹the ²elder] to the younger, Behold, I went to bed yesterday with our father. We should give [³to drink ¹him ²wine] also in this night, and entering, you go to bed with him! that we might raise up [²from ³our father ¹seed]. 35 And they gave to drink also in that night [²for their father ¹wine]. And entering, the younger went to bed with her father. And he did not know about her going to bed and rising up. 36 And [⁵conceived ¹the ²two ³daughters ⁴of Lot] from their father. 37 And [³bore ¹the ²elder] a son, and she called his name Moab, saying, He is from my father. This one is father of the Moabites, unto today's day. 38 [⁵bore ¹And ⁴also ²the ³younger] a son, and she called his name Ammon, he is a son of my family. This one is father of the Ammonites until today's day.