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And it came to pass that the malakima that had left Abraham did come to Sodom in the evening; and they found Lot sitting in the door of his house in the city of Sodom.
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And Lot, seeing the malakim, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
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And Lot said unto them: Behold now, adonaia, turn in, I pray ye, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early and go on your way.
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And this he had spoken, for he knew of the wickednessa of Sodom, for the people had not heard his cries unto them unto teshuvahb, and he did seek to protect them, not knowing that these were malakim.
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And they said: Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
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And Lot pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him and entered into his house; and he made them a feast and did bake unleavened bread; and they did eat;
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¶ But before they lay down to rest, the scorners of the city of Sodom surrounded the house, even they which were both male and female, old and young; even the people from every quarter.
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And they called unto Lot and said unto him, mockingly: Where are the men which came in unto thee this night? Bring them out unto us that we may consider them and take them to our likinga.
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And Lot went out of the door unto them, and shut the door after him: and said: I plead with you as I am one of youa, do not so wickedly; for they are now with me and it would be a dishonor to my name should something happen to them.
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And they said unto him: Stand back! And they were angry with him.
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And they spoke and said among themselves: This one man came in, to sojourn among us, and he is a foreigner among us; and now he thinks himself to be our judge? Now we will deal worse with him than with them! And they pressed forward as to break down the door.
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Now this was after the wickedness of Sodom, for they had no love for their fellow men, and the foreigner among them was not welcome to dwell therein.
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And Lot said: Behold now, I have two daughters which are betrothed and other daughters which are wed to men of this great city, and see ye that I am one of you;
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I beg, pleading with ye, my people, for Elohima cannot justify his servant in this thing;
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Wherefore, let me plead once again, that unto these men ye do nothing, that they may have peace in my house; for these have come under the shadow of my roof.
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Wherefore, they came unto Lot, saying: We will have the men and thy daughters also; and we will do with them as seemeth us good.
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And the people were angry with Lot and came near to break the door; but the malakim of El Elyona, which were holy men, put forth their hands, and pulled Lot into the house unto them, and shut the door.
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And the people were smote with blindness, both small and great, that they could not come at the door;
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And they were angry, so that they wearied themselves to find the door, but in their blindness they could not find it.
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And these, the malakim, said unto Lot: Hast thou any here besides thy wife, and thy sons-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters?
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And Lot answered them: Nay.
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And they commanded Lot, saying: Whatsoever thou hast in the city, thou shalt bring out of this place,
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For we will destroy this place, for the cry of them is waxen great, and their abominations have come up before the face of YHVH Elohima; and YHVHb hath sent us to destroy it.
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And Lot went out and spake unto his sons-in-law, which married his daughters, and said: Up, get ye out of this place, for YHVH will destroy this city!
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But unto his sons-in-law he seemed as one that mocked.
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¶ And it came to pass that when the morning came, the malakim hastened Lot, saying: Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
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And while he lingered, the malakim laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of Advu, and upon the hand of his two daughters, YHVH being merciful unto them, and they brought them forth and set them downa without the city.
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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that they said unto them: Escape for your lives; look not behind you, neither stay you in all the plain; but escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.
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And Lot said unto one of them, O, no, adonai! Behold now, thy servant has found grace in thy sight,
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And thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil overtake me, and I die.
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Behold now, here is another city, and this is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; O, let us escape thither, and may YHVH not destroy it, and our souls shall live.
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And the malakim said unto him: See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city of which thou hast spoken; haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything until thou hast fled.
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And the name of the city was called Belaa; and the sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Bela.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH did not destroy Sodom until Lot had entered into Bela.
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And then, when Lot had entered into Bela, YHVH rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah; for the malakim called upon the name of YHVH for brimstone and fire from YHVH out of heaven.
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And thus they overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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But it came to pass, when Lot fled, his wife, Advu, looked back from behind him and was consumed, for she longed for the vanities of Sodom.
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¶ And it came to pass that Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before YHVH; and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain; and behold, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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And he looked too over towards Salam, and it was gone, for in that same day did YHVH Elohim take Melchizedek and his people, even as he had done with Enocha and his people.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Elohim had destroyed the cities of the plain, that The Voicea spake unto Abraham, saying: I have remembered Lot and sent him out of the midst of the overthrow, that the seed of thy brother might not be destroyed when I overthrew the city in which Lot dwelt.
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And Abraham was comforted.
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¶ And Lot went up out of Bela and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Bela.
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And he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters, and upon seeing all the destruction they, the daughters of Lot, did believe themselves to be alone upon the earth.
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And the firstborn said unto the younger: Our father has become old, and we have not a man on the earth to marry us, to live with us after the manner of all that live on the earth;
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Therefore, come, let us make our father drink wine; and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father.
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For these did not know, nor did they understand, being left alone in that cave for too long by the fear of Lot, their father.
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And it came to pass that they did wickedly and made their father drink wine that night; and the first went in and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose.
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And it came to pass on the next day, that the first said unto the younger: Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in and lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father.
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And they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose.
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Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father; and the first bare a son and called his name Moab; and the younger, she also bare a son and called his name Ben-ammi.