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and said, “Look, my lords! Please come inside your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and be on your way.”

But they responded, “No, we would rather spend the night in the town square.”

But Lot[a] kept urging them strongly, so they turned aside and entered his house. He prepared a festival and baked unleavened flat bread for them, and they ate.

Before they could lie down, all the men of Sodom and its outskirts, both young and old, surrounded the house.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:3 Lit. he

“My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet(A) 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.”(B)

But he insisted(C) so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house.(D) He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast,(E) and they ate.(F) Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom(G)—both young and old—surrounded the house.

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