Revised Version 1895

Genesis 19:18-23

18AndLotל֖וֹטLotH3876saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,Ohנָ֖אna'H4994,notH408soH408, mylordאֲדֹנָֽי׃'a.do.NaiH136:

19beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009nowH4994, thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֣'av.de.KhaH5650hathfoundH4672graceחֵן֮chenH2580in thysightבְּעֵינֶיךָ֒be.'ei.nei.KhaH5869, and thou hastmagnifiedוַתַּגְדֵּ֣לva.tag.DelH1431thy mercy,whichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834thou hast shewed untomeH4994in saving mylifeנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315; and Icannotלֹ֤אlo'H3808escapeלְהִמָּלֵ֣טle.hi.ma.LetH4422to themountainהָהָ֔רָהha.Ha.rahH2022,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435evilהָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'AhH7451overtakeH4672meH4994, and Idieוָמַֽתִּי׃va.Ma.tiH4191:

20beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009nowH4994, thiscityהָעִ֨ירha.'IrH5892isnearקְרֹבָ֛הke.ro.VahH7138tofleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127unto, and it is alittleמִצְעָ֑רmitz.'ArH4705one:OhH4994,letH4994meH4994escapeאִמָּלְטָ֨ה'i.mal.TahH4422thither, (is itnotהֲלֹ֥אha.Lo'H3808alittleמִצְעָ֛רmitz.'ArH4705one?) and mysoulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315shallliveוּתְחִ֥יu.te.ChiH2421.

21And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,Seeהִנֵּה֙hi.NehH2009, I have accepted thee concerning thisthingלַדָּבָ֣רla.da.VarH1697also, that I willnotלְבִלְתִּ֛יle.vil.TiH1115overthrowהָפְכִּ֥יha.fe.KiH2015thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892ofwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou hastspokenדִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃di.Bar.taH1696.

22Hasteמַהֵר֙ma.HerH4116thee,escapeהִמָּלֵ֣טhi.ma.LetH4422thither; for Icannotלֹ֤אlo'H3808doלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213anyכִּ֣יkiH3588thingדָּבָ֔רda.VarH1697tillעַד־'ad-H5704thou becomeבֹּאֲךָ֖bo.'a.KhaH935thither. Therefore thenameשֵׁם־shem-H8034of thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wascalledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121Zoarצֽוֹעַר׃Tzo.'arH6820.

23Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121wasrisenיָצָ֣אya.Tza'H3318uponעַל־'al-H5921theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776whenLotוְל֖וֹטve.LotH3876cameבָּ֥אba'H935untoZoarצֹֽעֲרָה׃Tzo.'a.rahH6820.

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