Genesis 19
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Genesis 19:19-30

19behold now, thy servantH5650 hath foundH4672 favorH2580 in thy sight, and thou hast magnifiedH1431 thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my lifeH5315; and I cannot escapeH4422 to the mountainH2022, lestH6435 evilH7451 overtake me, and I dieH4191: 20behold now, this cityH5892 is near to fleeH5127 unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escapeH4422 thither (is it not a little one?), and my soulH5315 shall liveH2421. 21And he saidH559 unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerningH413 this thingH1697 alsoH1571, that I will not overthrowH2015 the cityH5892 of which thou hast spokenH1696. 22HasteH4116 thee, escapeH4422 thither; for I cannot do anythingH1697 till thou be comeH935 thither. ThereforeH3651 the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 was calledH7121 ZoarH6820.

23The sunH8121 was risen upon the earthH776 when LotH3876 cameH935 unto ZoarH6820. 24Then Jehovah rainedH4305 upon SodomH5467 and upon GomorrahH6017 brimstone and fireH784 from Jehovah out of heavenH8064; 25and he overthrewH2015 those citiesH5892, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitantsH3427 of the citiesH5892, and that which grew upon the groundH127. 26But his wifeH802 lookedH5027 back from behind him, and she becameH1961 a pillar of saltH4417. 27And AbrahamH85 gat up earlyH7925 in the morningH1242 to the placeH4725 whereH834 he had stoodH5975 before Jehovah: 28and he lookedH7200 toward SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017, and toward all the landH776 of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smokeH7008 of the landH776 wentH5927 up as the smokeH7008 of a furnaceH3536.

29And it came to pass, when GodH430 destroyedH7843 the citiesH5892 of the Plain, that GodH430 rememberedH2142 AbrahamH85, and sentH7971 LotH3876 out of the midstH8432 of the overthrowH2015, when he overthrewH2015 the citiesH5892 in which LotH3876 dweltH3427.

30And LotH3876 wentH5927 up out of ZoarH6820, and dweltH3427 in the mountainH2022, and his twoH8147 daughtersH1323 with him; for he fearedH3372 to dwellH3427 in ZoarH6820: and he dweltH3427 in a caveH4631, he and his twoH8147 daughtersH1323.

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