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Genesis 19:17-29

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.

26Buthiswifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802lookedוַתַּבֵּ֥טva.ta.BetH5027backfrombehindhim,andshebecameH1961apillarofsaltמֶֽלַח׃Me.lachH4417.

27AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamH85gatupearlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥םvai.yash.KemH7925inthemorningבַּבֹּ֑קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242totheplaceהַ֨מָּק֔וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hehadstoodH5975beforeJehovah:

28andhelookedH7200towardSodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467andGomorrahוַעֲמֹרָ֔הva.'a.mo.RahH6017,andtowardallthelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofthePlain,andbeheld,and,lo,thesmokeקִיטֹ֣רki.TorH7008ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776wentH5927upasthesmokeכְּקִיטֹ֖רke.ki.TorH7008ofafurnaceהַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ha.kiv.ShanH3536.

29Anditcametopass,whenGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430destroyedבְּשַׁחֵ֤תbe.sha.ChetH7843thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofthePlain,thatGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430rememberedוַיִּזְכֹּ֥רvai.yiz.KorH2142Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85,andsentH7971Lotלוֹט֙lOtH3876outofthemidstH8432oftheoverthrowH2015,whenheoverthrewH2015thecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892inwhichLotלֽוֹט׃LotH3876dweltיָשַׁ֥בya.ShavH3427.

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