Genesis 19

¹And the two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city. And when he had seen them, he rose up and went to meet them. And he reverenced prone on the ground.

²And he said: “I beg you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and lodge there. Wash your feet, and in the morning you will advance on your way.” And they said, “Not at all. But we will lodge in the street.”

³He pressed them very much to turn aside to him. And when they had entered his house, he made a feast for them, and he cooked unleavened bread, and they ate.

⁴But before they went to bed, the men of the city surrounded the house, from boys to old men, all the people together.

⁵And they called out to Lot, and they said to him: “Where are the men who entered to you in the night? Bring them out here, so that we may know them.”

⁶Lot went out to them, and blocking the door behind him, he said:

⁷“Do not, I ask you, my brothers, do not be willing to commit this evil.

⁸I have two daughters who as yet have not known man. I will bring them out to you; abuse them as it pleases you, provided that you do no evil to these men, because they have entered under the shadow of my roof.”

⁹But they said, “Move away from there.” And again: “You have entered,” they said, “as a stranger; should you then judge? Therefore, we will afflict you yourself more than them.” And they acted very violently against Lot. And they were now at the point of breaking open the doors.

¹⁰And behold, the men put out their hand, and they pulled Lot in to them, and they closed the door.

¹¹And they struck those who were outside with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they were not able to find the door.

¹²Then they said to Lot: “Do you have here anyone of yours? All who are yours, sons-in-law, or sons, or daughters, bring them out of this city.

¹³For we will eliminate this place, because the outcry among them has increased before the Lord, who sent us to destroy them.”

¹⁴And so Lot, going out, spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to receive his daughters, and he said: “Rise up. Depart from this place. For the Lord will destroy this city.” And it seemed to them that he was speaking playfully.

¹⁵And when it was morning, the Angels compelled him, saying, “Arise, take your wife, and the two daughters that you have, lest you also should perish amid the wickedness of the city.”

¹⁶And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.

¹⁷And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: “Save your life. Do not look back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish.”

¹⁸And Lot said to them: “I beg you, my lord,

¹⁹though your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life, I cannot be saved on the mountain, lest perhaps some misfortune take hold of me and I die.

²⁰There is a certain city nearby, to which I can flee; it is a little one, and I will be saved in it. Is it not a modest one, and will not my soul live?”

²¹And he said to him: “Behold, even now, I have heard your petitions about this, not to overturn the city on behalf of which you have spoken.

²²Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.

²³The sun had risen over the land, and Lot had entered into Zoar.

²⁴Therefore, the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven.

²⁵And he overturned these cities, and all the surrounding region: all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that springs from the land.

²⁶And his wife, looking behind herself, was turned into a statue of salt.

²⁷Then Abraham, rising up in the morning, in the place where he had stood before with the Lord,

²⁸looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and the entire land of that region. And he saw embers rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

²⁹For when God overthrew the cities of that region, remembering Abraham, he freed Lot from the overthrow of the cities, in which he had dwelt.

³⁰And Lot ascended from Zoar, and he stayed on the mountain, and likewise his two daughters with him, (for he was afraid to stay in Zoar) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

³¹And the elder said to the younger: “Our father is old, and no man remains in the land who can enter to us according to the custom of the whole world.

³²Come, let us inebriate him with wine, and let us sleep with him, so that we may be able to preserve offspring from our father.”

³³And so they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the elder went in, and she slept with her father. But he did not perceive it, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.

³⁴Likewise, the next day, the elder said to the younger: “Behold, yesterday I slept with my father, let us give him wine to drink yet again this night, and you will sleep with him, so that we may save offspring from our father.”

³⁵And then they gave their father wine to drink that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and slept with him. And not even then did he perceive when she lay down, or when she rose up.

³⁶Therefore, the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

³⁷And the elder gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites, even to the present day.

³⁸Likewise, the younger gave birth to a son, and she called his name Ammon, that is, ‘the son of my people.’ He is the father of the Ammonites, even today.

Genesis 19

¹And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.

²And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.

³He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:

⁴But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.

⁵And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:

⁶Lot went out to them, and shut the door after him, and said:

⁷Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil.

⁸I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof.

⁹But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors.

¹⁰And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door.

¹¹And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.

¹²And they said to Lot: Hast thou here any of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city:

¹³For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.

¹⁴So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest.

¹⁵And when it was morning, the angels pressed him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters that thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city.

¹⁶And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him.

¹⁷And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

¹⁸And Lot said to them: I beseech thee, my Lord,

¹⁹Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die.

²⁰There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?

²¹And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.

²²Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.

²³The sun was risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Segor.

²⁴And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

²⁵And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.

²⁶And his wife looking behind her, was turned into a statue of salt.

²⁷And Abraham got up early in the morning, and in the place where he had stood before with the Lord:

²⁸He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.

²⁹Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt.

³⁰And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

³¹And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.

³²Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

³³And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.

³⁴And the next day the elder said to the younger: Behold I lay last night with my father, let us make him drink wine also to night, and thou shalt lie with him, that we may save seed of our father.

³⁵They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.

³⁶So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

³⁷And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

³⁸The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.