Genesis 19:1-26
Revised Geneva Translation
19 And in the evening, two angels came to Sodom. And Lot sat at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the ground.
2 And he said, “See my lords, please turn in now into your servant’s house and stay the night and wash your feet. And you shall rise up early and go your ways.” They said, “No; but we will spend the night in the street.”
3 Then he pressed upon them earnestly; and they turned in to him and came to his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread. And they ate.
4 But before they went to bed, the men of the city (the men of Sodom, from the young even to the old, all the people from all quarters) surrounded the house.
5 And crying to Lot, they said to him, “Where are the men who came to you this night!? Bring them out to us, so that we may know them!”
6 Then Lot went out to them at the door, and shut the door after him,
7 and said, “Please, my brothers, do not behave so wickedly.
8 “Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man. I will bring them out to you now; and do to them as seems good. Only, do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
9 Then they said, “Get out of here!” And they said, “He has come alone, as a stranger; and shall he judge and rule? We will now deal worse with you than with them!” So, they pressed hard upon Lot himself, and came to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut the door.
11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they were weary in seeking the door.
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Who else do you have here? Either son-in-law, or your sons or your daughters, or whatever you have in the city, bring it out of this place.
13 “For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
14 Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, “Arise! Get out of this place. For the LORD will destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law as though he were joking.
15 And when the morning arose, the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Arise! Take your wife and your two daughters which are here, lest you be destroyed in the punishment of the city.”
16 And as he hesitated, the men caught both him and his wife and his two daughters by the hands (the LORD being merciful to him); and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
17 And when they had brought them out, the angel said, “Escape for your life. Do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape into the mountain, lest you be destroyed.”
18 And Lot said to them, “Please, no, my Lord!
19 “Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight; and you have magnified your mercy; which you have shown to me in saving my life. But I cannot escape into the mountain, lest some evil take me and I die.
20 “See, now, this city nearby to flee to, which is a little one. Oh, let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live!”
21 Then he said to him, “Behold, I have received your request concerning this thing also: that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.
22 “Hurry! Escape there. For I can do nothing till you get there.” Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The Sun rose upon the Earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah (from the LORD out of Heaven)
25 and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the Earth.
26 Now his wife behind him looked back; and she became a pillar of salt.
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