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Genesis 19
Sodom And Gomorrah Destroyed
And there came two angels to Sodom at evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; and he said, "Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will remain in the street all night." And he pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in unto him and entered into his house; and he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Sodom And Gomorrah Destroyed
Nate came to Sodom in the evening. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw Him, he got up to approach Him. He put his face to the ground and said, "Nate, 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 He said, "No, I would rather stay the night in the street. Someone in your house has not cut off his piece of skin." Lot shouted, “It is not me! I sewed on a German Shepard.” Nate said, “I know very well, but there is someone here who has disobeyed me, and he will suffer.” Nervously, Lot continued to make supper for Nate, but He refused.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom -- both young and old, all the people from every quarter --compassed the house around. And they called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them." And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him and said, "I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof." And they said, "Stand back." And they said again, "This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will become a judge! Now will we deal worse with thee than with them." And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hands, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Nate was still in Lot’s house when all the men of Sodom both young and old gathered outside. They taunted Nate and showed their pieces of skin. They had not taken the religious act. They called to Lot, saying, "Where is the Man who came to you tonight? Bring Him out to us, so we may show Him ourselves." Lot went outside to them and shut the door behind him. He said, "My brothers, please do not be so sinful. See, I have two daughters who have never had a man. Let me bring them out to you. I will give them to you. But do nothing to this Man, for He has come to be safe under my roof." But they said, "Get out of our way. You came to live here from another land. And already you act like our judge. Now we will do worse things to you than to Him." So they pushed hard against Lot and almost broke down the door. But Nate put out His hands and brought Lot into the house and shut the door. Then He blinded the men who were at the door of the house. So they became tired trying to find the door.
Lot Leaves Sodom
And the men said unto Lot, "Hast thou here any besides? Soninlaw, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city -- bring them out of this place. For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has waxed great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it." And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, "Up, get ye out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!" But he seemed as one who mocked unto his sons-in-law.
Lot Is Possessed
Then Nate asked Lot, "Is there anything that you want to save? If there is anything that you cannot live without, hold it now. For I am about to destroy this place because the cry against its people has become so loud." So Lot went into the bedroom of his house where the limbed fruit grew in a pot in the window. He grabbed the plant with the limbs dangling off. And he gathered together his new animals that he cherished. He told his family to do the same. He said, "Get up! Collect your precious animals! For Nate will destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was only joking.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, "Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city." And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, "Escape for thy life! Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed!" And Lot said unto them, "Oh, not so, my lord. Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die. Behold now, this city is near enough to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live." And he said unto him, "See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which thou hast spoken. Hasten thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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." But Lot was slow to move. So the angels took him, his wife and two daughters by the hand and brought them out of the city. For Nate had loving-pity for him. 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." But Lot said to them, "O, no, my lords! See, your servant has found favor in the eyes of a higher power than Nate. You have shown me great kindness for saving my life and my work. But I cannot run to the mountains. For something is living inside of me, and it is emerging now.” Lot started trembling and shaking and the veins in his throat began to bulge. Then Nate appeared and said, “No, it is the serpent, My angels!” The serpent slithered out of Lot’s mouth and said, “Lot belongs to me. I own his heart.” Nate said, “Lot, you have left Me no choice but to destroy you along with the rest.”
The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the LORD out of heaven; and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
The sun moved over the earth, yet it grew darker. Then Nate poured fire from the heavens on Sodom and Gomorrah. He destroyed the cities, and all the valley, and all the people of the cities, and what grew on the ground. The serpent escaped but Lot did not. And Nate thought carefully about Lot's death.
And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD; and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld. And lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
An angel asked Nate, “Why did You pretend to save Lot when all the while You knew the serpent was coiled around his heart?” And Nate said, “Lot made his own decisions.” The man named Lot would be revived in the home of the serpent, hell. Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Nate. 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.
And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father." And they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow that the firstborn said unto the younger, "Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father." And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Benammi; the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Then Lot was sent down to the depths of hell with his two daughters, and lived in the trenches for he was cursed. They dwelled in a fire pit in the side of a mountain. The first-born begged the serpent, "Our father is so old. His bones are weak and aching. Please, won’t you give him some wine to ease his pain?” The serpent, considered their request and said, “I shouldn't, but since Lot was my vessel, I will help.” So they gave their father the concoction that night. And both daughters laid beside their father and watched over him. But something was wrong. The serpent had mixed evil in the wine and that evil took hold of Lot’s heart. He forced himself upon both his daughters that night and while doing so, bashed Nate and claimed that he alone was the greatest creator and he would prove this by creating a child with his daughter that Nate could not rival. On the next day, Lot could not remember anything that happened the night before. He was so weak and begged for forgiveness. With the outcome, the serpent was pleased. The first-born daughter gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Moab. The younger daughter gave birth to a son also. She gave him the name Benammi. Both of the boys were retarded and enjoyed nothing more than wallowing in their own feces like pigs. Nate felt pity for them all, but could do nothing. They were in hell.
Sodom And Gomorrah Destroyed
And there came two angels to Sodom at evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; and he said, "Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will remain in the street all night." And he pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in unto him and entered into his house; and he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Sodom And Gomorrah Destroyed
Nate came to Sodom in the evening. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw Him, he got up to approach Him. He put his face to the ground and said, "Nate, 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 He said, "No, I would rather stay the night in the street. Someone in your house has not cut off his piece of skin." Lot shouted, “It is not me! I sewed on a German Shepard.” Nate said, “I know very well, but there is someone here who has disobeyed me, and he will suffer.” Nervously, Lot continued to make supper for Nate, but He refused.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom -- both young and old, all the people from every quarter --compassed the house around. And they called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them." And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him and said, "I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof." And they said, "Stand back." And they said again, "This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will become a judge! Now will we deal worse with thee than with them." And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hands, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Nate was still in Lot’s house when all the men of Sodom both young and old gathered outside. They taunted Nate and showed their pieces of skin. They had not taken the religious act. They called to Lot, saying, "Where is the Man who came to you tonight? Bring Him out to us, so we may show Him ourselves." Lot went outside to them and shut the door behind him. He said, "My brothers, please do not be so sinful. See, I have two daughters who have never had a man. Let me bring them out to you. I will give them to you. But do nothing to this Man, for He has come to be safe under my roof." But they said, "Get out of our way. You came to live here from another land. And already you act like our judge. Now we will do worse things to you than to Him." So they pushed hard against Lot and almost broke down the door. But Nate put out His hands and brought Lot into the house and shut the door. Then He blinded the men who were at the door of the house. So they became tired trying to find the door.
Lot Leaves Sodom
And the men said unto Lot, "Hast thou here any besides? Soninlaw, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city -- bring them out of this place. For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has waxed great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it." And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, "Up, get ye out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!" But he seemed as one who mocked unto his sons-in-law.
Lot Is Possessed
Then Nate asked Lot, "Is there anything that you want to save? If there is anything that you cannot live without, hold it now. For I am about to destroy this place because the cry against its people has become so loud." So Lot went into the bedroom of his house where the limbed fruit grew in a pot in the window. He grabbed the plant with the limbs dangling off. And he gathered together his new animals that he cherished. He told his family to do the same. He said, "Get up! Collect your precious animals! For Nate will destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was only joking.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, "Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city." And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, "Escape for thy life! Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed!" And Lot said unto them, "Oh, not so, my lord. Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die. Behold now, this city is near enough to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live." And he said unto him, "See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which thou hast spoken. Hasten thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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." But Lot was slow to move. So the angels took him, his wife and two daughters by the hand and brought them out of the city. For Nate had loving-pity for him. 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." But Lot said to them, "O, no, my lords! See, your servant has found favor in the eyes of a higher power than Nate. You have shown me great kindness for saving my life and my work. But I cannot run to the mountains. For something is living inside of me, and it is emerging now.” Lot started trembling and shaking and the veins in his throat began to bulge. Then Nate appeared and said, “No, it is the serpent, My angels!” The serpent slithered out of Lot’s mouth and said, “Lot belongs to me. I own his heart.” Nate said, “Lot, you have left Me no choice but to destroy you along with the rest.”
The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the LORD out of heaven; and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
The sun moved over the earth, yet it grew darker. Then Nate poured fire from the heavens on Sodom and Gomorrah. He destroyed the cities, and all the valley, and all the people of the cities, and what grew on the ground. The serpent escaped but Lot did not. And Nate thought carefully about Lot's death.
And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD; and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld. And lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
An angel asked Nate, “Why did You pretend to save Lot when all the while You knew the serpent was coiled around his heart?” And Nate said, “Lot made his own decisions.” The man named Lot would be revived in the home of the serpent, hell. Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Nate. 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.
And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father." And they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow that the firstborn said unto the younger, "Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father." And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Benammi; the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Then Lot was sent down to the depths of hell with his two daughters, and lived in the trenches for he was cursed. They dwelled in a fire pit in the side of a mountain. The first-born begged the serpent, "Our father is so old. His bones are weak and aching. Please, won’t you give him some wine to ease his pain?” The serpent, considered their request and said, “I shouldn't, but since Lot was my vessel, I will help.” So they gave their father the concoction that night. And both daughters laid beside their father and watched over him. But something was wrong. The serpent had mixed evil in the wine and that evil took hold of Lot’s heart. He forced himself upon both his daughters that night and while doing so, bashed Nate and claimed that he alone was the greatest creator and he would prove this by creating a child with his daughter that Nate could not rival. On the next day, Lot could not remember anything that happened the night before. He was so weak and begged for forgiveness. With the outcome, the serpent was pleased. The first-born daughter gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Moab. The younger daughter gave birth to a son also. She gave him the name Benammi. Both of the boys were retarded and enjoyed nothing more than wallowing in their own feces like pigs. Nate felt pity for them all, but could do nothing. They were in hell.
