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Genesis 19:12-23

12AndthemenH376saidH559untoLotל֗וֹטLotH3876, Hast thouhereפֹ֔הFohH6311anybesides?son-in-law,andthysonsוּבָנֶ֣יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121,andthydaughtersוּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323,andwhomsoever thou hastinthecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,bringהוֹצֵ֖אho.Tze'H3318themoutoftheplaceהַמָּקֽוֹם׃ha.ma.KomH4725:

13forwewilldestroyמַשְׁחִתִ֣יםmash.chi.TimH7843thisplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725,becausethecryH6818ofthemiswaxedgreatגָֽדְלָ֤הga.de.LahH1431beforeJehovah;andJehovahhathsentH7971ustodestroyלְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃le.sha.cha.TahH7843it.

14AndLotל֜וֹטLotH3876wentH3318out,andspake untohissons-in-law,whomarriedhisdaughtersבְנֹתָ֗יוve.no.TavH1323,andsaidH559,Up,getyououtofthisplaceהַמָּק֣וֹםha.ma.KomH4725;forJehovahwilldestroyמַשְׁחִ֥יתmash.ChitH7843thecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892.Butheseemeduntohissons-in-lawasoneH2088thatmocked.

15AndwhenthemorningaroseH6965,thentheangelsהַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397hastenedLotבְּל֣וֹטbe.LotH3876,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Ariseקוּם֩kumH6965,takeקַ֨חkachH3947thywifeאִשְׁתְּךָ֜'ish.te.KhaH802,andthytwoשְׁתֵּ֤יshe.TeiH8147daughtersבְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ve.no.Tei.khaH1323thatarehere,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thoubeconsumedintheiniquityH5771ofthecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

16Buthelingered;andthemenH376laidholdוַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּvai.ya.cha.Zi.kuH2388uponhishandבְּיָד֣וֹbe.ya.DoH3027,anduponthehandוּבְיַד־u.ve.yad-H3027ofhiswifeאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ'ish.ToH802,anduponthehandוּבְיַד֙u.ve.YadH3027ofhistwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147daughtersבְנֹתָ֔יוve.no.TavH1323,Jehovahbeing merciful untohim:andtheybroughtH3318himforthH3318,andsethimwithoutthecityלָעִֽיר׃la.'IrH5892.

17Anditcametopass,whentheyhadbroughtH3318themforthH3318abroad,thathesaidH559,Escapeהִמָּלֵ֣טhi.ma.LetH4422forthylifeנַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnaf.She.khaH5315;lookתַּבִּ֣יטta.BitH5027notbehindthee,neitherstaythouinallthePlain;escapeהִמָּלֵ֖טhi.ma.LetH4422tothemountainH2022,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thoubeH1961consumed.

18AndLotל֖וֹטLotH3876saidH559untothem,Oh,notso,mylordאֲדֹנָֽי׃'a.do.NaiH136:

19beholdnow, thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֣'av.de.KhaH5650hathfoundH4672favorחֵן֮chenH2580inthysight,andthou hastmagnifiedH1431thy lovingkindness,whichthou hast showed untomeinsavingmylifeנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315;andIcannotescapeלְהִמָּלֵ֣טle.hi.ma.LetH4422tothemountainH2022,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435evilH7451overtakeme,andIdieוָמַֽתִּי׃va.Ma.tiH4191:

20beholdnow,thiscityהָעִ֨ירha.'IrH5892isneartofleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127unto,anditisalittleone.Ohletmeescapeאִמָּלְטָ֨ה'i.mal.TahH4422thither (isitnotalittleone?),andmysoulH5315shallliveוּתְחִ֥יu.te.ChiH2421.

21AndhesaidH559untohim,See,Ihaveaccepted theeconcerningH413thisthingH1697alsoגַּ֖םgamH1571,thatIwillnotoverthrowהָפְכִּ֥יha.fe.KiH2015thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892ofwhichthou hastspokenדִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃di.Bar.taH1696.

22HasteH4116thee,escapeהִמָּלֵ֣טhi.ma.LetH4422thither;forIcannotdoanythingדָּבָ֔רda.VarH1697tillthoubecomeH935thither.ThereforeH3651thenameשֵׁם־shem-H8034ofthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wascalledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121Zoarצֽוֹעַר׃Tzo.'arH6820.

23Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121wasrisenupontheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776whenLotוְל֖וֹטve.LotH3876cameH935untoZoarצֹֽעֲרָה׃Tzo.'a.rahH6820.

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