Génesis 19
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
La corrupción de Sodoma
19 Al caer la tarde los dos mensajeros llegaron a Sodoma. Lot estaba sentado a la puerta de la ciudad. Al verlos se levantó para recibirlos, e inclinándose hasta el suelo, 2 les dijo:
— Por favor, señores míos, vengan a casa de su siervo, para que pasen en ella la noche y se laven los pies. Mañana por la mañana podrán continuar su camino.
Pero ellos respondieron:
— No; pasaremos la noche en la plaza.
3 Pero Lot insistió tanto que se fueron con él y entraron en su casa. Les preparó comida, coció panes sin levadura y ellos comieron.
4 Aún no se habían acostado, cuando los habitantes de la ciudad de Sodoma se agolparon alrededor de la casa: jóvenes y ancianos, allí estaban todos sin excepción. 5 Y gritaron a Lot:
— ¿Dónde están los hombres que han entrado esta noche en tu casa? Hazlos salir fuera para que tengamos relaciones sexuales con ellos.
6 Lot salió a la puerta y, después de cerrarla detrás de sí, 7 les dijo:
— Hermanos míos, les ruego que no cometan tal maldad. 8 Tengo dos hijas que aún son vírgenes; voy a traérlas para que hagan con ellas lo que quieran, pero no les hagan nada a estos hombres que están cobijados bajo mi techo.
9 Pero ellos le contestaron:
— ¡Quítate de ahí! Este individuo que ni siquiera es de aquí quiere ahora dárselas de juez. ¡Pues vamos a tratarte peor que a ellos!
Y empujándolo violentamente, trataron de echar abajo la puerta. 10 Pero los visitantes alargaron el brazo, metieron a Lot con ellos en la casa y cerraron la puerta, 11 Y a toda aquella gente que estaba agolpada a la puerta de la casa dejaron ciega, desde el más joven al más anciano, de modo que no eran capaces de encontrar la puerta.
La destrucción de Sodoma
12 Los visitantes dijeron a Lot:
— ¿Tienes más familiares aquí? Saca de este lugar a tus yernos, a tus hijos e hijas, y a todos los familiares que tengas en esta ciudad, 13 porque vamos a destruirla. La denuncia presentada ante el Señor contra ella es tan grave que el Señor nos envía a destruirla.
14 Entonces Lot salió a avisar a sus futuros yernos, los que se habían de casar con sus hijas, y les dijo:
— ¡Salgan de esta ciudad sin perder tiempo, porque el Señor va a destruirla!
Pero los yernos pensaron que Lot lo decía en broma. 15 Al amanecer los ángeles urgieron a Lot:
— ¡Deprisa! Toma a tu mujer y a tus dos hijas que están aquí si no quieren ser aniquilados junto con la ciudad.
16 Pero como Lot titubeaba, los mensajeros los agarraron de la mano, a él, a su mujer y a sus dos hijas, y los sacaron fuera de la ciudad, porque el Señor tuvo compasión de ellos. 17 Y mientras los sacaban fuera de la ciudad, uno de los ángeles le dijo:
— ¡Corre, ponte a salvo! No mires atrás ni te detengas para nada en el valle. Huye hacia las montañas, si no quieres morir.
18 Pero Lot les dijo:
— Eso no, por favor, Señor mío. 19 Tú has protegido a este siervo tuyo y has mostrado tu gran misericordia salvando mi vida, pero yo no puedo huir a las montañas, porque me alcanzaría la desgracia y moriría. 20 Fíjate, por favor, en esa ciudad que está aquí cerca y déjame refugiarme en ella, pues es insignificante —¿no es verdad que lo es?—. Déjame buscar refugio en ella para poner a salvo mi vida.
21 El ángel le respondió:
— Está bien, acepto tu petición. No destruiré la ciudad de que me hablas. 22 Pero, ¡anda! vete allá de una vez, porque no puedo hacer nada mientras no llegues allí.
Por eso a aquella ciudad se le dio el nombre de Soar.
23 Amanecía ya cuando Lot llegó a Soar. 24 Entonces el Señor desde el cielo hizo llover azufre y fuego sobre Sodoma y Gomorra. 25 Y destruyó estas ciudades y toda la llanura, todos los habitantes de las ciudades y la vegetación del campo. 26 En cuanto a la mujer de Lot, quedó convertida en estatua de sal por haber mirado hacia atrás.
27 Abrahán madrugó y volvió al lugar donde había estado hablando con el Señor. 28 Cuando dirigió su mirada hacia Sodoma y Gomorra y toda la región de la llanura, vio un humo que subía de la tierra, como el humo de un horno. 29 Así, cuando Dios destruyó las ciudades de la llanura, arrasando las ciudades donde había vivido Lot, se acordó de Abrahán y libró a Lot de la catástrofe.
Origen de los moabitas y de los amonitas
30 Después, por miedo a quedarse en Soar, Lot se fue con sus dos hijas a la región montañosa y se quedaron a vivir en una cueva. 31 Un día la hija mayor le dijo a la menor:
— Nuestro padre se va haciendo viejo y no han quedado hombres por esta región con quien podamos unirnos, como se hace en todas partes. 32 Ven, demos de beber vino a nuestro padre hasta que esté borracho y luego nos acostaremos con él; así tendremos descendencia de nuestro padre.
33 Aquella misma noche emborracharon a su padre con vino y la mayor se acostó con él, sin que el padre se diera cuenta de lo que pasó en toda la noche. 34 A la mañana siguiente, la mayor dijo a la menor:
— Yo ya me acosté anoche con mi padre. Esta noche volvemos a emborracharlo y te acuestas tú con él; así las dos tendremos hijos de nuestro padre.
35 Aquella misma noche volvieron a emborrachar con vino a su padre y, sin que este se diera cuenta, también su hija menor se acostó con él. 36 Así las dos hijas de Lot quedaron embarazadas de su padre. 37 La mayor tuvo un hijo, al que llamó Moab; es el padre de los actuales moabitas. 38 La menor también tuvo un hijo, al que llamó Ben Amí que es el padre de los actuales amonitas.
Genesis 19
King James Version
19 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he 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.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn 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 seed of our father.
35 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.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Genesis 19
English Standard Version
God Rescues Lot
19 The (A)two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth 2 and said, “My lords, (B)please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night (C)and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, (D)“No; we will spend the night in the town square.” 3 But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. 5 (E)And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? (F)Bring them out to us, that we (G)may know them.” 6 Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him, 7 and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. 8 (H)Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.” 9 But they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This fellow (I)came to sojourn, and (J)he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down. 10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. 11 And they struck with (K)blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, (L)bring them out of the place. 13 For we are about to destroy this place, (M)because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” 14 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, (N)“Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.
15 As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” 16 But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, (O)the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. (P)Do not look back or stop anywhere in the (Q)valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” 18 And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords. 19 Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. 20 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!” 21 He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called (R)Zoar.[a]
God Destroys Sodom
23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then (S)the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became (T)a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had (U)stood before the Lord. 28 And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
29 So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God (V)remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
Lot and His Daughters
30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and (W)lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab.[b] (X)He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi.[c] (Y)He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:22 Zoar means little
- Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father
- Genesis 19:38 Ben-ammi means son of my people
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