19:1 Two angels arrived in
in the evening.
Lot sat at
When
he rose to meet them
and bowed down
to the ground before them.
19:2 He said to them:
Surely my sirs you should rest.
I pray please stay at your servant's house.
Stay the night and wash your feet.
Then you can continue on your way
early in the morning.
They replied to him:
No we'll stay the night
in the town square.
19:3 But he continued to urge them
so they entered his house
to stay the night.
He prepared a feast for them
and baked unleavened bread
and they ate.
19:4 Before they laid down to sleep
the men of
young and old
surrounded the house
from all parts of the town.
19:5 They called out to
Where are the men who visited you?
Bring them outside for us
so we can meet them.
19:6
shutting the door after him.
19:7 He said to them:
I pray to you, brothers.
Don't be so mischievous.
19:8 Surely I have two daughters.
They haven’t been with a man.
Let me bring them out to you
and you can do what you please.
Just don’t offend these men
for they are under my protection.
19:9 Then they replied:
Stand back.
This man traveled here.
A foreigner who dares judge us.
We'll harm you
more than we harm them.
They pressed in on
and barged in on him
and broke down the door.
19:10 Then the angels reached out
and pulled
inside the house
and shut the door.
19:11 And they stricken the men
at the door of the house
from the youngest to the oldest
with sudden blindness.
So those outside became worn out
trying to find the door.
19:12 Then the angels spoke to
Who else is here with you?
Any other sons or daughters
or other relatives in the town?
Get them out of here
19:13 because it is about to be destroyed.
The outcry against this place
has been great before Yahweh
so Yahweh will allow
it to be destroyed.
19:14 Then
and spoke to the bridegrooms
who were to marry his daughters.
He told them:
Hurry and leave this place
because Yahweh will allow
this place to be destroyed.
Yet his sons-in-law
thought he was joking.
19:15 When the morning came
The angels hurried
Wake up and take your wife
and your two daughters here
or you will be consumed
by the wickedness of the town.
19:16 Then when
the angels grabbed his hand
and the hands of his wife and daughters
because Yahweh had mercy on them.
They escorted them outside the town.
19:17 They took them outside
and they told them:
Run for your lives.
Don't look behind you
or stop in the plains.
Flee to the mountains
lest you be destroyed.
19:18 But
No please Lord!
19:19 Now your servant
found your mercy
and you’ve shown me
great compassion
in sparing my life.
But I cannot escape to the mountains
for my affliction will overtake me
and I will die.
19:20 Consider this town nearby.
It is close enough to escape to
and it's just a small one.
Let me escape there
to this little place.
Then I will survive.
19:21 He answered:
Okay, I will grant this request
and the town you speak of
will not be destroyed.
19:22 But hurry up
for nothing will happen
until you arrive there.
(This is why the town is called Zoar.)
19:23
as the sun rose over the mountains.
19:24 Then Yahweh caused sulfur and fire
to rain on
From the sky it fell by Yahweh.
19:25 Thus those towns were destroyed
throughout the region
with the inhabitants of the towns
and the plants that grew around them.
19:26 But his wife looked back longingly
and became a statue of salt.
19:27 Abraham rose early in the morning
and journeyed to the place
where he stood before Yahweh.
19:28 He gazed out
toward
and the nearly lands.
As he gazed
he saw the smoke rising
up from the land
like smoke from a chimney.
19:29 As those towns were destroyed
God remembered Abraham.
He sent
from the midst of destruction
as the towns
were destroyed.
19:30 Then
with his two daughters
and settled in the mountains
because he worried
about living in Zoar.
He lived in a cave
with his two daughters.
19:31 Later on the firstborn daughter
said to the younger daughter:
Our father has become old
and no man will come
for us throughout the land.
19:32 Let's give our father
some wine to drink
so we can lie down with him
and sustain our father’s lineage.
19:33 That night their father drank wine
and the older daughter laid with him.
Unaware she had laid with him
he got up.
19:34 Then in the morning
the firstborn daughter told the younger:
I laid with my father last night.
Let's give him wine again tonight.
Then you lie with him
so we preserve our lineage
with our father.
19:35 So their father drank that night
and the younger one also came
and laid with him.
Unaware she had laid with him
he got up.
19:36 Thus both of
became pregnant from their father.
19:37 The firstborn daughter had a son
and named him
He is the Moabites ancestor
to this day.
19:38 The younger daughter also had a son
and named him Ben-Ammi.
He is an Ammonites ancestor
to this day.
