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Genesis 19:17-22

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.

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