Genesis 19:16-18

New Century Version

¹⁶ But Lot delayed. So the two men took the hands of Lot, his wife, and his two daughters and led them safely out of the city. So the Lord was merciful to Lot and his family. ¹⁷ After they brought them out of the city, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Run to the mountains, or you will be destroyed.”

¹⁸ But Lot said to one of them, “Sir, please don’t force me to go so far!