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Genesis 19:16-25

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.

24ThenJehovahrainedהִמְטִ֧ירhim.TirH4305uponSodomסְדֹ֛םse.DomH5467anduponGomorrahעֲמֹרָ֖ה'a.mo.RahH6017brimstoneandfireוָאֵ֑שׁva.'EshH784fromJehovahoutofheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;

25andheoverthrewH2015thosecitiesהֶעָרִ֣יםhe.'a.RimH5892,andallthePlain,andalltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthecitiesהֶעָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892,andthatwhichgrewuponthegroundהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.MahH127.

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