Font Size
Genesis 19
Het Boek
Genesis 19
Het Boek
De verwoesting van Sodom en Gomorra
19 Die avond kwamen de twee engelen bij de stadspoort van Sodom aan. Daar zat Lot. Hij zag hen, stond op en boog voor hen neer. 2 ‘Heren,’ zei hij, ‘kom naar mijn huis en wees mijn gasten voor de nacht. Morgenochtend kunt u zo vroeg opstaan als u wilt en uw weg vervolgen.’ ‘Bedankt voor uw aanbod,’ antwoordden zij, ‘maar wij brengen de nacht liever op het plein door.’ 3 Lot drong echter zo aan dat zij ten slotte met hem meegingen. Hij bood hun een maaltijd aan, compleet met ongezuurde broden.
4,5 Na het eten, toen iedereen zich klaarmaakte voor de nacht, omsingelden de mannen van Sodom, oud en jong, het huis en schreeuwden naar Lot: ‘Laat je gasten eens naar buiten komen, we willen gemeenschap met hen hebben!’ 6 Lot kwam naar buiten en sloot de deur achter zich. 7 ‘Toe, beste vrienden,’ drong hij aan, ‘dat kunnen jullie toch niet doen. 8 Ik heb twee dochters, die nog maagd zijn, die kunnen jullie wel krijgen. Daar mag je mee doen wat je wilt. Maar laat die mannen met rust, want als gasten staan zij onder mijn bescherming.’ 9 ‘Wat zullen we nu krijgen,’ schreeuwden de mannen. ‘Ga opzij! Wil jij, een vreemde, ons vertellen wat we wel en niet moeten doen? Pas maar op, wat wij met die mannen gaan doen, zal nog kinderspel zijn, vergeleken met wat we met jou zullen doen.’ Zij kwamen dreigend op Lot af en probeerden de deur te forceren. 10 Maar de twee mannen trokken Lot snel naar binnen en gooiden de deur dicht. 11 Tegelijk verblindden zij de woeste menigte, zodat die de deur niet kon vinden.
12,13 ‘Hoeveel familieleden hebt u hier in de stad?’ vroegen de engelen aan Lot. ‘Haal ze bij elkaar, schoonzonen, zonen, dochters en anderen en verlaat de stad dan zo snel mogelijk, want wij gaan haar vernietigen. De slechte naam van de stad is tot de hemel doorgedrongen en de Here heeft ons gestuurd om haar te verwoesten.’ 14 Toen zocht Lot de verloofden van zijn dochters op en riep: ‘Snel, verlaat de stad, want de Here gaat haar verwoesten!’ Maar zij geloofden hem niet.
15 Bij het aanbreken van de volgende dag kregen de engelen haast. ‘Schiet op,’ zeiden zij tegen Lot. ‘Maak dat u wegkomt met uw vrouw en uw twee dochters die hier in huis zijn, nu het nog kan. Anders wordt u ook het slachtoffer van de vernietiging van de stad!’ 16 Lot aarzelde nog, maar de engelen grepen hem, zijn vrouw en zijn twee dochters bij de hand en renden de stad uit. God wilde hen sparen. 17 ‘Ren voor uw leven,’ zeiden ze. ‘Kijk niet om en vlucht naar de bergen. Hier op de vlakte blijven zou uw dood betekenen!’
18-20 Maar Lot stribbelde tegen: ‘Ach nee, Heer,’ smeekte hij, ‘nu u zo vriendelijk bent geweest mijn leven te redden, laat mij dan alstublieft naar dat kleine stadje mogen vluchten in plaats van naar de bergen, want ik ben bang dat het onheil mij dan zal achterhalen. Kijk maar, dat stadje is dichtbij en maar klein. Ziet u niet hoe klein het is? Daar zal ik mijn leven kunnen redden.’ 21 ‘Goed,’ zei de engel, ‘ik aanvaard uw voorstel en zal dat kleine stadje niet verwoesten. 22 Maar schiet wel op, want ik kan niets doen zolang u hier staat.’ (Sinds die tijd heette het stadje Soar: kleine stad). 23 De zon was al op toen Lot de kleine stad bereikte.
24 Toen liet de Here vuur en brandend zwavel op Sodom en Gomorra regenen 25 en vernietigde de steden op de vlakte, samen met alle mensen en alles wat er groeide. 26 Maar Lots vrouw keek tijdens de vlucht om en veranderde in een zoutpilaar.
27 Diezelfde ochtend stond Abraham op en hij haastte zich naar de plaats, waar hij voor de Here had gestaan. 28 Hij keek over de vlakte naar Sodom en Gomorra en zag dikke rookwolken opstijgen. 29 Zo willigde God Abrahams verzoek in. Hij spaarde Lot en haalde hem op tijd uit het gebied van de enorme vernietiging en massale dood.
30 Lot durfde niet in Soar te blijven en ging met zijn twee dochters in een grot in de bergen wonen. 31 Op een dag zei Lots oudste dochter tegen haar zuster: ‘Hier in deze streek is geen enkele man met wie vader ons zal laten trouwen. Zelf zal hij al gauw niet meer in staat zijn kinderen te verwekken. 32 Laten wij hem dronken voeren met wijn en met hem slapen, zodat onze familie niet uitsterft.’
33 Zo voerden de meisjes hun vader die avond dronken en de oudste dochter ging bij hem liggen en had gemeenschap met haar vader. Lot merkte niet dat zij bij hem kwam en weer weg ging. 34 De volgende morgen zei de oudste dochter tegen haar zuster: ‘Ik heb vannacht met vader geslapen. Laten wij hem vanavond weer dronken voeren, dan kun jij het ook doen. Zo zal onze familie blijven voortbestaan.’ 35 Die avond voerden zij hun vader weer dronken en het jongste meisje sliep met haar vader. Net als de eerste keer merkte Lot er niets van.
36 Zo raakten de beide meisjes in verwachting van hun vader. 37 De zoon van de oudste werd Moab genoemd, hij werd de vader van de Moabieten. 38 De zoon van de jongste dochter werd Ben-Ammi genoemd, hij werd de vader van de Ammonieten.
Genesis 19
New International Version
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
Genesis 19
New King James Version
Genesis 19
New King James Version
Sodom’s Depravity
19 Now (A)the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and (B)Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please (C)turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and (D)wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.”
And they said, (E)“No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”
3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. (F)Then he made them a feast, and baked (G)unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 (H)And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? (I)Bring them out to us that we (J)may know them carnally.”
6 So (K)Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8 (L)See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, (M)since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one (N)came in to [a]stay here, (O)and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they (P)struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed(Q)
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—(R)take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because the (S)outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and (T)the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, (U)who had married his daughters, and said, (V)“Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” (W)But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, (X)“Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” 16 And while he lingered, the men (Y)took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the (Z)Lord being merciful to him, (AA)and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that [b]he said, (AB)“Escape for your life! (AC)Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape (AD)to the mountains, lest you be [c]destroyed.”
18 Then Lot said to them, “Please, (AE)no, my lords! 19 Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. 20 See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
21 And he said to him, “See, (AF)I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there. For (AG)I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”
Therefore (AH)the name of the city was called [d]Zoar.
23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained (AI)brimstone and (AJ)fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 So He [e]overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and (AK)what grew on the ground.
26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became (AL)a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where (AM)he had stood before the Lord. 28 Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, (AN)the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God (AO)remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
The Descendants of Lot
30 Then Lot went up out of Zoar and (AP)dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 31 Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth (AQ)to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we (AR)may preserve the [f]lineage of our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the [g]lineage of our father.” 35 Then 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 were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; (AS)he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; (AT)he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:9 As a resident alien
- Genesis 19:17 LXX, Syr., Vg. they
- Genesis 19:17 Lit. swept away
- Genesis 19:22 Lit. Little or Insignificant
- Genesis 19:25 devastated
- Genesis 19:32 Lit. seed
- Genesis 19:34 Lit. seed
Het Boek (HTB)
Het Boek Copyright © 1979, 1988, 2007 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.