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Genesis 19:19-30

19beholdnow, thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֣'av.de.KhaH5650hasfoundH4672favourinthineeyesH5869,andthou hastmagnifiedH1431thy goodness,whichthou hast shewntomeinpreservingmysoulH5315aliveלְהַחֲי֖וֹתle.ha.cha.YotH2421;butIcannotescapeלְהִמָּלֵ֣טle.hi.ma.LetH4422tothemountainH2022,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435calamityהָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'AhH7451layholdH1692onme,thatIdieוָמַֽתִּי׃va.Ma.tiH4191.

20Beholdnow,thiscityהָעִ֨ירha.'IrH5892isneartofleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127to,anditissmallמִצְעָ֑רmitz.'ArH4705:Ipraythee,letmeescapeאִמָּלְטָ֨ה'i.mal.TahH4422thither —isitnotsmallמִצְעָ֛רmitz.'ArH4705? —andmysoulH5315shallliveוּתְחִ֥יu.te.ChiH2421.

21AndhesaidH559tohim,Behold,Ihaveaccepted theeconcerningH413thisthingH1697alsoגַּ֖םgamH1571,thatIwillnotoverthrowהָפְכִּ֥יha.fe.KiH2015thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892ofwhichthou hastspokenדִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃di.Bar.taH1696.

22HasteH4116,escapeהִמָּלֵ֣טhi.ma.LetH4422thither;forIcannotdoanythingדָּבָ֔רda.VarH1697untilthou artcomeH935there.ThereforeH3651thenameשֵׁם־shem-H8034ofthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892iscalledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121Zoarצֽוֹעַר׃Tzo.'arH6820.

23Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121roseupontheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776whenLotוְל֖וֹטve.LotH3876cameH935toZoarצֹֽעֲרָה׃Tzo.'a.rahH6820.

24AndJehovahrainedהִמְטִ֧ירhim.TirH4305onSodomסְדֹ֛םse.DomH5467andGomorrahעֲמֹרָ֖ה'a.mo.RahH6017brimstoneandfireוָאֵ֑שׁva.'EshH784fromJehovahoutofheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

25andoverthrewוַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙vai.ya.ha.foKhH2015thosecitiesהֶעָרִ֣יםhe.'a.RimH5892,andalltheplain,andalltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthecitiesהֶעָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892,andwhatgrewuponthegroundהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.MahH127.

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

27AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamH85roseH7925earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥םvai.yash.KemH7925inthemorningבַּבֹּ֑קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242[andwent]totheplaceהַ֨מָּק֔וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hehadstoodH5975beforeJehovah;

28andhelookedH7200towardSodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467andGomorrahוַעֲמֹרָ֔הva.'a.mo.RahH6017,andtowardallthelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776oftheplain,andbeheld,andlo,asmokeקִיטֹ֣רki.TorH7008wentH5927upfromthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776asthesmokeכְּקִיטֹ֖רke.ki.TorH7008ofafurnaceהַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ha.kiv.ShanH3536.

29AnditcametopasswhenGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430destroyedבְּשַׁחֵ֤תbe.sha.ChetH7843thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892oftheplain,thatGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430rememberedוַיִּזְכֹּ֥רvai.yiz.KorH2142Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85,andsentH7971Lotלוֹט֙lOtH3876outofthemidstH8432oftheoverthrowH2015,whenheoverthrewH2015thecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892inwhichLotלֽוֹט׃LotH3876dweltיָשַׁ֥בya.ShavH3427.

30AndLotל֨וֹטLotH3876wentH5927upfromZoarמִצּ֜וֹעַרmi.Tzo.'arH6820,anddweltH3427inthemountainH2022,andhistwoוּשְׁתֵּ֤יu.she.TeiH8147daughtersבְנֹתָיו֙ve.no.TavH1323withhim;forhefearedH3372todwellH3427inZoarבְּצ֑וֹעַרbe.Tzo.'arH6820.AndhedweltH3427inacaveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631,heandhistwoוּשְׁתֵּ֥יu.she.TeiH8147daughtersבְנֹתָֽיו׃ve.no.TavH1323.

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