Génesis 19
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Corrupción de Sodoma
19 Los dos ángeles llegaron a Sodoma(A) al caer la tarde, cuando Lot estaba sentado a la puerta de Sodoma. Al verlos, Lot se levantó para recibirlos y se postró rostro en tierra(B), 2 y les dijo: «Señores míos, les ruego que entren en[a] la casa de su siervo y pasen en ella la noche y laven sus pies. Entonces se levantarán temprano y continuarán su camino». «No», dijeron ellos, «sino que pasaremos la noche en la plaza». 3 Él, sin embargo, les rogó con insistencia, y ellos fueron con[b] él y entraron en su casa. Lot les preparó un banquete y coció pan sin levadura, y comieron(C).
4 Aún no se habían acostado, cuando los hombres de la ciudad, los hombres de Sodoma(D), rodearon la casa, tanto jóvenes como viejos, todo el pueblo sin excepción[c]. 5 Y llamaron a Lot, y le dijeron: «¿Dónde están los hombres que vinieron a ti esta noche? Sácalos[d] para que los conozcamos[e](E)».
6 Entonces Lot salió a ellos a la entrada, y cerró la puerta tras sí, 7 «Hermanos míos, les ruego que no obren perversamente», les dijo Lot. 8 «Miren, tengo dos hijas que no han conocido varón. Permítanme sacarlas a ustedes y hagan con ellas como mejor les parezca[f]. Pero no hagan nada a estos hombres(F), pues se han amparado bajo[g] mi techo».
9 «¡Hazte a un lado!», dijeron ellos. Y dijeron además: «Este ha venido como extranjero[h], y ya está actuando como juez(G); ahora te trataremos a ti peor que a ellos». Se lanzaron contra Lot[i] y estaban a punto de romper la puerta, 10 pero los dos hombres[j](H) extendieron la mano y metieron a Lot en la casa con[k] ellos, y cerraron la puerta.
11 Y a los hombres que estaban a la entrada de la casa los hirieron con ceguera(I) desde el menor hasta el mayor, de manera que se cansaban tratando de hallar la entrada.
Lot huye de Sodoma
12 Entonces los dos hombres dijeron a Lot: «¿A quién más tienes aquí? A tus yernos, a tus hijos, a tus hijas y quienquiera que tengas en la ciudad, sácalos de este lugar. 13 Porque vamos a destruir este lugar, pues su clamor ha llegado a ser tan grande delante del Señor(J), que el Señor nos ha enviado a destruirlo(K)».
14 Lot salió y habló a sus yernos que iban a casarse con[l] sus hijas, y dijo: «Levántense, salgan de este lugar porque el Señor destruirá la ciudad(L)». Pero a sus yernos les pareció que[m] bromeaba(M).
15 Al amanecer, los ángeles apremiaban a Lot, diciendo: «Levántate, toma a tu mujer y a tus dos hijas que están aquí, para que no sean destruidos en el castigo[n] de la ciudad». 16 Pero él titubeaba. Entonces los dos hombres los tomaron de la mano(N), a él, y a su mujer y a sus dos hijas, porque[o] la compasión del Señor estaba sobre él(O). Los sacaron y los pusieron fuera de la ciudad.
17 Cuando los habían llevado fuera, uno le dijo: «Huye por tu vida(P). No mires detrás de ti(Q) y no te detengas en ninguna parte del valle[p](R). Escapa al monte(S), no sea que perezcas[q]». 18 «No, por favor, señores míos», les dijo Lot. 19 «Ahora tu siervo ha hallado gracia ante tus ojos, y has engrandecido tu misericordia la cual me has mostrado salvándome la vida. Pero no puedo escapar al monte, no sea que el desastre me alcance, y muera. 20 Mira, esta ciudad está bastante cerca para huir a ella, y es pequeña. Te ruego que me dejes huir allá (¿acaso no es pequeña?) para salvar mi vida[r]». 21 Y él le respondió: «Bien, te concedo también esta petición[s] de no destruir la ciudad de que has hablado. 22 Date prisa, escapa allá, porque nada puedo hacer hasta que llegues allí». Por eso el nombre que se le puso a la ciudad fue Zoar[t](T).
Destrucción de Sodoma y Gomorra
23 El sol había salido sobre la tierra cuando Lot llegó a Zoar. 24 Entonces el Señor hizo llover azufre y fuego sobre Sodoma y Gomorra, de parte del Señor desde los cielos(U). 25 Él destruyó aquellas ciudades(V) y todo el valle[u] y todos los habitantes de las ciudades y todo lo que crecía en la tierra. 26 Pero la mujer de Lot[v], que iba tras él, miró hacia atrás(W) y se convirtió en una columna de sal.
27 Abraham se levantó muy de mañana, y fue al sitio donde había estado delante del Señor(X). 28 Dirigió la vista hacia Sodoma y Gomorra y hacia toda la tierra del valle y miró; y el humo ascendía de la tierra como el humo de un horno(Y). 29 Pero cuando Dios destruyó las ciudades del valle, se acordó de Abraham(Z) e hizo salir[w] a Lot de en medio de la destrucción(AA), cuando destruyó las ciudades donde había habitado Lot.
Moab y Amón
30 Lot subió de Zoar y habitó en los montes[x](AB), y sus dos hijas con él, pues tenía miedo de quedarse[y] en Zoar. Y habitó en una cueva, él y sus dos hijas. 31 Entonces la mayor dijo a la menor: «Nuestro padre es viejo y no hay ningún hombre en el país que se llegue a nosotras(AC) según la costumbre de toda la tierra. 32 Ven, hagamos que beba vino nuestro padre(AD), y acostémonos con él para preservar nuestra familia por medio[z] de nuestro padre». 33 Aquella noche hicieron que su padre bebiera vino, y la mayor entró y se acostó con su padre, y él no supo cuando ella se acostó ni cuando se levantó.
34 Al día siguiente la mayor dijo a la menor: «Mira, anoche yo me acosté con mi padre. Hagamos que beba vino esta noche también, y entonces entra tú y acuéstate con él, para preservar nuestra familia por medio[aa] de nuestro padre». 35 De manera que también aquella noche hicieron que su padre bebiera vino, y la menor se levantó y se acostó con él, y él no supo cuando ella se acostó ni cuando se levantó. 36 Así las dos hijas de Lot concibieron de su padre.
37 Y la mayor dio a luz un hijo, y lo llamó Moab(AE). Él es el padre de los moabitas hasta hoy. 38 En cuanto a la menor, también ella dio a luz un hijo, y lo llamó Ben-Ammi. Él es el padre de los amonitas[ab](AF) hasta hoy.
Footnotes
- 19:2 Lit. se desvíen hacia.
- 19:3 Lit. se desviaron hacia.
- 19:4 Lit. desde los extremos.
- 19:5 Lit. Sácanoslos.
- 19:5 I.e. tengamos relaciones sexuales.
- 19:8 Lit. como sea bueno a sus ojos.
- 19:8 Lit. a la sombra de.
- 19:9 Lit. a peregrinar.
- 19:9 Lit. el hombre, contra Lot.
- 19:10 I.e. los ángeles.
- 19:10 Lit. hacia.
- 19:14 O se habían casado con; lit. estaban tomando.
- 19:14 Lit. como uno que.
- 19:15 O la iniquidad.
- 19:16 Lit. en.
- 19:17 Lit. en todo el círculo.
- 19:17 Lit. seas destruido.
- 19:20 Lit. y vivirá mi alma.
- 19:21 Lit. cosa.
- 19:22 I.e. Pequeña.
- 19:25 Lit. círculo, y así en los vers. 28 y 29.
- 19:26 Lit. su mujer.
- 19:29 Lit. y envió.
- 19:30 Lit. el monte.
- 19:30 Lit. habitar.
- 19:32 Lit. preservar simiente.
- 19:34 Lit. preservar simiente.
- 19:38 Lit. los hijos de Amón; heb. Bene-Ammon.
Genesis 19
Christian Standard Bible
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
19 The two angels entered Sodom(A) in the evening as Lot was sitting in Sodom’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He bowed with his face to the ground 2 and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”
“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.” 3 But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.
4 Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house. 5 They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!” (B)
6 Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him. 7 He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers. 8 Look, I’ve got two daughters who haven’t been intimate with a man.(C) I’ll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want[a] to them. However, don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9 “Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as an alien, but he’s acting like a judge!(D) Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door. 10 But the angels[b] reached out, brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness[c] so that they were unable to find the entrance.(E)
12 Then the angels said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here: a son-in-law, your sons and daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of this place, 13 for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”(F)
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city!” (G) But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment[d] of the city.” 16 But he hesitated. Because of the Lord’s compassion for him, the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters. They brought him out and left him outside the city.
17 As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them[e] said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords[f]—please. 19 Your servant has indeed found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can’t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. 20 Look, this town is close enough for me to flee to. It is a small place. Please let me run to it—it’s only a small place, isn’t it?—so that I can survive.”
21 And he said to him, “All right,[g] I’ll grant your request[h] about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned. 22 Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.[i](H)
23 The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar. 24 Then out of the sky the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulfur from the Lord.(I) 25 He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.(J)
27 Early in the morning Abraham went to the place where he had stood before the Lord.(K) 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace. 29 So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the middle of the upheaval when he demolished the cities where Lot had lived.
The Origin of Moab and Ammon
30 Lot departed from Zoar and lived in the mountains along with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. Instead, he and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land. 32 Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.” 33 So they got their father to drink wine that night, and the firstborn came and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.” 35 That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab.[j] He is the father of the Moabites of today.(L) 38 The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi.[k] He is the father of the Ammonites of today.(M)
Footnotes
- 19:8 Lit do what is good in your eyes
- 19:10 Lit men, also in v. 12
- 19:11 Or a blinding light
- 19:15 Or iniquity, or guilt
- 19:17 LXX, Syr, Vg read outside, they
- 19:18 Or my Lord, or my lord
- 19:21 Or “Look!
- 19:21 Lit I will lift up your face
- 19:22 In Hb, the name Zoar is related to “small” in v. 20; its previous name was “Bela”; Gn 14:2.
- 19:37 = From My Father
- 19:38 = Son of My People
Genesis 19
New International Version
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
19 The two angels(A) arrived at Sodom(B) in the evening, and Lot(C) was sitting in the gateway of the city.(D) When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.(E) 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet(F) and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”(G)
3 But he insisted(H) so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house.(I) He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast,(J) and they ate.(K) 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom(L)—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”(M)
6 Lot went outside to meet them(N) and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”(O)
9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner,(P) and now he wants to play the judge!(Q) We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men(R) inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness(S) so that they could not find the door.
12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you?(T) Get them out of here, 13 because we(U) are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great(V) that he has sent us to destroy it.”(W)
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!(X)” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.(Y)
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away(Z) when the city is punished.(AA)”
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters(AB) and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.(AC) 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!(AD) Don’t look back,(AE) and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!(AF) Flee to the mountains(AG) or you will be swept away!”
18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords,[b] please! 19 Your[c] servant has found favor in your[d] eyes,(AH) and you[e] have shown great kindness(AI) to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains;(AJ) this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request(AK) too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.[f](AL))
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar,(AM) the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(AN) on Sodom and Gomorrah(AO)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(AP) 25 Thus he overthrew those cities(AQ) and the entire plain,(AR) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(AS) 26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(AT) and she became a pillar of salt.(AU)
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.(AV) 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.(AW)
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain,(AX) he remembered(AY) Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe(AZ) that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.(BA)
Lot and His Daughters
30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar(BB) and settled in the mountains,(BC) for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line(BD) through our father.”(BE)
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(BF)
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”(BG) 35 So they got their father to drink wine(BH) that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(BI)
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.(BJ) 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[g];(BK) he is the father of the Moabites(BL) of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[h]; he is the father of the Ammonites[i](BM) of today.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:14 Or were married to
- Genesis 19:18 Or No, Lord; or No, my lord
- Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.
- Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.
- Genesis 19:38 Ben-Ammi means son of my father’s people.
- Genesis 19:38 Hebrew Bene-Ammon
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