New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 19:1-3

1Now thetwoשְׁנֵ֨יshe.NeiH8147angelsהַמַּלְאָכִ֤יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397cameוַ֠יָּבֹאוּVai.ya.vo.'uH935to Sodomסְדֹ֙מָה֙se.Do.mahH5467in the eveningבָּעֶ֔רֶבba.'E.revH6153as Lotוְל֖וֹטve.LotH3876was sittingיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427at the gateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179of Sodomסְדֹ֑םse.DomH5467. WhenLotלוֹט֙lOtH3876sawוַיַּרְא־vai.yar'-H7200them,he stoodH6965upH6965to meetלִקְרָאתָ֔םlik.ra.TamH7122them andbowedH2331downH2331with hisfaceאַפַּ֖יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to the groundאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.

2And he saidוַיֹּ֜אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Nowנָּא־na'-H4994beholdהִנֶּ֣הhi.NehH2009,my lordsH136,pleaseנָ֠אna'H4994turnס֣וּרוּSu.ruH5493asideH5493into your servant’sעַבְדְּכֶ֤ם'av.de.KhemH5650houseבֵּ֨יתbeitH1004,and spendH3885theH3885nightוְלִ֙ינוּ֙ve.Li.nuH3885,and washוְרַחֲצ֣וּve.ra.cha.TzuH7364your feetרַגְלֵיכֶ֔םrag.lei.KhemH7272;then you may riseוְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖םve.hish.kam.TemH7925earlyH7925and goוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980on your wayלְדַרְכְּכֶ֑םle.dar.ke.KhemH1870.”They saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Noלֹּ֔אLo'H3808,but we shall spendH3885theH3885nightנָלִֽין׃na.LinH3885in the publicH7339squareH7339.”

3Yet he stronglyמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966urgedוַיִּפְצַר־vai.yif.tzar-H6484them, so they turnedH5493asideוַיָּסֻ֣רוּvai.ya.Su.ruH5493to him and enteredוַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935his houseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004;and he preparedוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a feastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960for them and bakedאָפָ֖ה'a.FahH644unleavenedוּמַצּ֥וֹתu.ma.TzotH4682breadH4682,and they ateוַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃vai.yo.Khe.luH398.

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