Genesis 19:4-23

4Before they layH7901 downH7901, the menH376 of the cityH5892, the menH376 of SodomH5467, surroundedH5437 the houseH1004, from the youngest to the oldestH2205 — all the peopleH5971 from every quarter.

5And they calledH7121 to LotH3876, and saidH559 to him, WhereH834 are the menH376 that have comeH935 in to thee to-night? bringH935 them out to us that we may knowH3045 them.

6And LotH3876 wentH3318 out to them to the entranceH6607, and shutH5462 the doorH1817 after him,

7and saidH559, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!

8Behold now, I have twoH8147 daughtersH1323 who have not knownH3045 a manH376: let me now bringH935 them out to you; and do to them as is goodH2896 in your sight: onlyH7535, to these menH376 do nothing; for thereforeH3651 have they comeH935 under the shadowH6738 of my roof.

9And they saidH559, Back there! And they saidH559 [again], This oneH259 cameH935 to sojourn, and he must be a judgeH8199? NowH6258 we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the manH376 — on LotH3876; and drewH5066 near to breakH7665 the doorH1817.

10And the menH376 stretchedH7971 out their handH3027, and broughtH935 LotH3876 into the houseH1004 to them, and shutH5462 the doorH1817.

11And they smote the menH376 that were at the entranceH6607 of the houseH1004 with blindnessH5575, from the smallest to the greatestH1419; and they weariedH3811 themselves to findH4672 the entranceH6607.

12And the menH376 saidH559 to LotH3876, Whom hast thou hereH6311 besides? a son-in-law, and thy sonsH1121, and thy daughtersH1323, and all whom thou hast in the cityH5892 — bringH3318 [them] out of the placeH4725.

13For we are going to destroyH7843 this placeH4725, because the cryH6818 of them is greatH1431 before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sentH7971 us to destroyH7843 it.

14And LotH3876 wentH3318 out, and spokeH1696 to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughtersH1323, and saidH559, Up, goH3318 out of this placeH4725, for Jehovah will destroyH7843 the cityH5892. But he wasH1961 as if he jested, in the sight of his sons-in-law.

15And as the dawnH7837 aroseH6965, the angelsH4397 urged LotH3876, sayingH559, Up, takeH3947 thy wifeH802 and thy twoH8147 daughtersH1323 who are present, lestH6435 thou perish in the iniquityH5771 of the cityH5892.

16And as he lingered, the menH376 laid holdH2388 on his handH3027, and on the handH3027 of his wifeH802, and on the handH3027 of his twoH8147 daughtersH1323, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the cityH5892.

17And it came to pass when they had broughtH3318 them outside, that he saidH559, EscapeH4422 for thy lifeH5315: lookH5027 not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escapeH4422 to the mountainH2022, lestH6435 thou perish.

18And LotH3876 saidH559 to them, Not [so], I pray thee, LordH136;

19behold now, thy servantH5650 has foundH4672 favour in thine eyesH5869, and thou hast magnifiedH1431 thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soulH5315 aliveH2421; but I cannot escapeH4422 to the mountainH2022, lestH6435 calamityH7451 lay holdH1692 on me, that I dieH4191.

20Behold now, this cityH5892 is near to fleeH5127 to, and it is smallH4705: I pray thee, let me escapeH4422 thither — is it not smallH4705? — and my soulH5315 shall liveH2421.

21And he saidH559 to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerningH413 this thingH1697 alsoH1571, that I will not overthrowH2015 the cityH5892 of which thou hast spokenH1696.

22HasteH4116, escapeH4422 thither; for I cannot do anythingH1697 until thou art comeH935 there. ThereforeH3651 the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 is calledH7121 ZoarH6820.

23The sunH8121 rose upon the earthH776 when LotH3876 cameH935 to ZoarH6820.