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And there came[H935]two[H8147]angels[H4397] to Sodom[H5467] at even[H6153]; and Lot[H3876]sat[H3427] in the gate[H8179] of Sodom[H5467]: and Lot[H3876]seeing[H7200] them rose up[H6965] to meet[H7125] them; and he bowed[H7812] himself with his face[H639] toward the ground[H776];
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And he said[H559], Behold now, my lords[H113], turn in[H5493], I pray you, into your servant's house[H1004], and tarry all night[H3885], and wash[H7364] your feet[H7272], and ye shall rise up early[H7925], and go[H1980] on your ways[H1870]. And they said[H559], Nay; but we will abide[H3885]in[H5493] the street[H7339] all night[H3885].
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And he pressed[H6484] upon them greatly[H3966]; and they turned in[H5493] unto him, and entered[H935] into his house[H1004]; and he made[H6213] them a feast[H4960], and did bake[H644] unleavened bread[H4682], and they did eat[H398].
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But before they lay down[H7901], the men[H582] of the city[H5892], even the men[H582] of Sodom[H5467], compassed[H5437] the house[H1004]round[H5437], both old[H2205] and young[H5288], all the people[H5971] from every quarter[H7097]:
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And they called[H7121] unto Lot[H3876], and said[H559] unto him, Where are the men[H582] which came in[H935] to thee this night?[H3915] bring them out[H3318] unto us, that we may know[H3045] them.
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And Lot[H3876] went out[H3318] at the door[H6607] unto them, and shut[H5462] the door[H1817] after him[H310],
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And said[H559], I pray you, brethren[H251], do not so wickedly[H7489].
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Behold now, I have two[H8147]daughters[H1323] which have not known[H3045]man[H376]; let me, I pray you, bring them out[H3318] unto you, and do[H6213] ye to them as is good[H2896] in your eyes[H5869]: only unto these[H411]men[H582]do[H6213]nothing[H408]; for therefore came[H935] they under the shadow[H6738] of my roof[H6982].
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And they said[H559], Stand[H5066]back[H1973]. And they said[H559] again, This one[H259] fellow came in[H935] to sojourn[H1481], and he will needs[H8199] be a judge[H8199]: now will we deal worse[H7489] with thee, than with them. And they pressed[H6484]sore[H3966] upon the man[H376], even Lot[H3876], and came near[H5066] to break[H7665] the door[H1817].
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But the men[H582] put forth[H7971] their hand[H3027], and pulled[H935]Lot[H3876] into the house[H1004] to them, and shut[H5462] to the door[H1817].
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And they smote[H5221] the men[H582] that were at the door[H6607] of the house[H1004] with blindness[H5575], both small[H6996] and great[H1419]: so that they wearied[H3811] themselves to find[H4672] the door[H6607].
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And the men[H582]said[H559] unto Lot[H3876], Hast thou here[H6311]any[H4310] besides? son in law[H2860], and thy sons[H1121], and thy daughters[H1323], and whatsoever[H834] thou hast in the city[H5892], bring them out[H3318] of this place[H4725]:
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For we[H587] will destroy[H7843] this place[H4725], because the cry of them[H6818] is waxen great[H1431]before[H854] the face[H6440] of the LORD[H3068]; and the LORD[H3068] hath sent[H7971] us to destroy[H853] it.
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And Lot[H3876] went out[H3318], and spake[H1696]unto[H5869] his sons in law[H2860], which married[H3947] his daughters[H1323], and said[H559], Up[H6965], get you out[H3318] of this place[H4725]; for the LORD[H3068] will destroy[H7843] this city[H5892]. But he seemed as one that mocked[H6711]unto[H5869] his sons in law[H2860].
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And when[H3644] the morning[H7837]arose[H5927], then the angels[H4397]hastened[H213]Lot[H3876], saying[H559], Arise[H6965], take[H3947] thy wife[H802], and thy two[H8147]daughters[H1323], which are here[H4672]; lest thou be consumed[H5595] in the iniquity[H5771] of the city[H5892].
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And while he lingered[H4102], the men[H582] laid hold[H2388] upon his hand[H3027], and upon the hand[H3027] of his wife[H802], and upon the hand[H3027] of his two[H8147]daughters[H1323]; the LORD[H3068] being merciful[H2551] unto him[H3240]: and they brought him[H3240]forth[H3318], and set him[H3240]without[H2351] the city[H5892].
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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth[H3318]abroad[H2351], that he said[H559], Escape[H4422]for[H5921] thy life[H5315]; look[H5027] not behind thee[H310], neither stay[H5975] thou in all the plain[H3603]; escape[H4422] to the mountain[H2022], lest thou be consumed[H5595].
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And Lot[H3876]said[H559] unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord[H113]:
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Behold now, thy servant[H5650] hath found[H4672]grace[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], and thou hast magnified[H1431] thy mercy[H2617], which thou hast shewed[H6213] unto me[H5978] in saving[H2421] my life[H5315]; and I cannot[H3201]escape[H4422] to the mountain[H2022], lest some evil[H7451]take[H1692]me[H5978], and I die[H4191]:
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Behold now, this city[H5892] is near[H7138] to flee[H5127] unto, and it[H1931] is a little one[H4705]: Oh, let me escape[H4422] thither,( is it[H1931] not a little one?[H4705]) and my soul[H5315] shall live[H2421].
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And he said[H559] unto him, See[H2009], I have accepted[H5375]thee[H6440] concerning this thing[H1697] also, that I will not overthrow[H2015] this city[H5892], for the which[H834] thou hast spoken[H1696].
22Haste[H4116] thee, escape[H4422] thither; for I cannot[H3201]do[H6213] any thing[H1697] till thou be come[H935] thither. Therefore the name[H8034] of the city[H5892] was called[H7121]Zoar[H6820].
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The sun[H8121] was risen[H3318] upon the earth[H776] when Lot[H3876]entered[H935] into Zoar[H6820].
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Then the LORD[H3068]rained[H4305] upon Sodom[H5467] and upon Gomorrah[H6017]brimstone[H1614] and fire[H784] from the LORD[H3068] out of heaven[H8064];
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And he overthrew[H2015]those[H411]cities[H5892], and all the plain[H3603], and all the inhabitants[H3427] of the cities[H5892], and that which grew[H6780] upon the ground[H127].
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But his wife[H802] looked back[H5027] from behind him[H310], and she became a pillar[H5333] of salt[H4417].
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And Abraham[H85] gat up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242] to the place[H4725] where he stood[H5975]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]:
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And he looked[H8259]toward[H6440]Sodom[H5467] and Gomorrah[H6017], and toward[H6440] all the land[H776] of the plain[H3603], and beheld[H7200], and, lo, the smoke[H7008] of the country[H776] went up[H5927] as the smoke[H7008] of a furnace[H3536].
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And it came to pass, when God[H430]destroyed[H7843] the cities[H5892] of the plain[H3603], that God[H430]remembered[H2142]Abraham[H85], and sent[H7971]Lot[H3876] out of the midst[H8432] of the overthrow[H2018], when he overthrew[H2015] the cities[H5892] in the which[H2004]Lot[H3876]dwelt[H3427].
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And Lot[H3876] went up[H5927] out of Zoar[H6820], and dwelt[H3427] in the mountain[H2022], and his two[H8147]daughters[H1323] with him; for he feared[H3372] to dwell[H3427] in Zoar[H6820]: and he dwelt[H3427] in a cave[H4631], he and his two[H8147]daughters[H1323].
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And the firstborn[H1067]said[H559] unto the younger[H6810], Our father[H1] is old[H2204], and there is not a man[H376]in[H935] the earth[H776] to come in[H935] unto us after the manner[H1870] of all the earth[H776]:
32Come[H3212], let us make[H8248] our father[H1]drink[H8248]wine[H3196], and we will lie[H7901] with him, that we may preserve[H2421]seed[H2233] of our father[H1].
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And they made[H8248] their father[H1]drink[H8248]wine[H3196] that night[H3915]: and the firstborn[H1067] went in[H935], and lay[H7901] with her father[H1]; and he perceived[H3045] not when she lay[H7901]down[H7901], nor when she arose[H6965].
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And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that the firstborn[H1067]said[H559] unto the younger[H6810], Behold, I lay[H7901]yesternight[H570] with my father[H1]: let us make him drink[H8248]wine[H3196] this night[H3915] also; and go thou in[H935], and lie[H7901] with him, that we may preserve[H2421]seed[H2233] of our father[H1].
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And they made[H8248] their father[H1]drink[H8248]wine[H3196]that[H1931]night[H3915] also: and the younger[H6810]arose[H6965], and lay[H7901] with him; and he perceived[H3045] not when she lay[H7901]down[H7901], nor when she arose[H6965].
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Thus were both[H8147] the daughters[H1323] of Lot[H3876] with child[H2029] by their father[H1].
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And the firstborn[H1067]bare[H3205] a son[H1121], and called[H7121] his name[H8034]Moab[H4124]: the same[H1931] is the father[H1] of the Moabites[H4124] unto this day[H3117].
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And the younger[H6810], she also bare[H3205] a son[H1121], and called[H7121] his name[H8034]Benammi[H1151]: the same is the father[H1] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] unto this day[H3117].