Genesis 19
Common English Bible
Lot leaves Sodom
19 The two messengers entered Sodom in the evening. Lot, who was sitting at the gate of Sodom, saw them, got up to greet them, and bowed low. 2 He said, “Come to your servant’s house, spend the night, and wash your feet. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”
But they said, “No, we will spend the night in the town square.” 3 He pleaded earnestly with them, so they went with him and entered his house. He made a big meal for them, even baking unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom—everyone from the youngest to the oldest—surrounded the house 5 and called to Lot, “Where are the men who arrived tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may have sex with them.”
6 Lot went out toward the entrance, closed the door behind him, 7 and said, “My brothers, don’t do such an evil thing. 8 I’ve got two daughters who are virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them whatever you wish. But don’t do anything to these men because they are now under the protection of my roof.”
9 They said, “Get out of the way!” And they continued, “Does this immigrant want to judge us? Now we will hurt you more than we will hurt them.” They pushed Lot back and came close to breaking down the door. 10 The men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house with them and slammed the door. 11 Then the messengers blinded the men near the entrance of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, so that they groped around trying to find the entrance.
12 The men said to Lot, “Who’s still with you here? Take away from this place your sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and everyone else you have in the city 13 because we are about to destroy this place. The Lord has found the cries of injustice so serious that the Lord sent us to destroy it.”
14 Lot went to speak to his sons-in-law, married to his daughters, and said, “Get up and get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 When dawn broke, the messengers urged Lot, “Get up and take your wife and your two daughters who are here so that you are not swept away because of the evil in this city.” 16 He hesitated, but because the Lord intended to save him, the men grabbed him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand, took him out, and left him outside the city.
17 After getting them out, the men said, “Save your lives! Don’t look back! And don’t stay in the valley. Escape to the mountains so that you are not swept away.”
18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please. 19 You’ve done me a favor and have been so kind to save my life. But I can’t escape to the mountains since the catastrophe might overtake me there and I’d die. 20 This city here is close enough to flee to, and it’s small. It’s small, right? Let me escape there, and my life will be saved.”
21 He said to Lot, “I’ll do this for you as well; I won’t overthrow the city that you have described. 22 Hurry! Escape to it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That is why the name of the city is Zoar.[a]
Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed
23 As the sun rose over the earth, Lot arrived in Zoar; 24 and the Lord rained down burning asphalt from the skies onto Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 The Lord destroyed these cities, the entire valley, everyone who lived in the cities, and all of the fertile land’s vegetation. 26 When Lot’s wife looked back, she turned into a pillar of salt.
27 Abraham set out early for the place where he had stood with the Lord, 28 and looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah and over all the land of the valley. He saw the smoke from the land rise like the smoke from a kiln.
Origin of Moab and Ammon
29 When God destroyed the cities in the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot away from the disaster that overtook the cities in which Lot had lived. 30 Since Lot had become fearful of living in Zoar, he and his two daughters headed up from Zoar and settled in the mountains where he and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 The older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there are no men in the land to sleep with us as is the custom everywhere. 32 Come on, let’s give our father wine to drink, lie down with him, and we’ll have children from our father.” 33 That night they served their father wine, and the older daughter went in and lay down with her father, without him noticing when she lay down or got up. 34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Since I lay down with our father last night, let’s serve him wine tonight too, and you go in and lie down with him so that we will both have children from our father.” 35 They served their father wine that night also, and the younger daughter lay down with him, without him knowing when she lay down or got up. 36 Both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of today’s Moabites. 38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi.[b] He is the ancestor of today’s Ammonites.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:22 Or small
- Genesis 19:38 Or son of my people
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
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
Génesis 19
La Biblia de las Américas
Corrupción de Sodoma
19 Llegaron, pues, los dos ángeles 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 dijo: He aquí ahora, señores míos, os ruego que entréis en[a] la casa de vuestro siervo y paséis en ella la noche y lavéis vuestros pies; entonces os levantaréis temprano y continuaréis vuestro camino. Pero ellos dijeron: No, 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; y 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 y dijo: Hermanos míos, os ruego que no obréis perversamente. 8 He aquí ahora tengo dos hijas que no han conocido varón; permitidme sacarlas a vosotros y haced con ellas como mejor os parezca[f]; pero no hagáis nada a estos hombres(F), pues se han amparado bajo[g] mi techo. 9 Mas ellos dijeron: ¡Hazte a un lado! Y dijeron además: Este vino como extranjero[h], y ya está actuando como juez(G); ahora te trataremos a ti peor que a ellos. Y acometieron 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 Y salió Lot y habló a sus yernos que iban a casarse con[l] sus hijas, y dijo: Levantaos, salid de este lugar porque el Señor destruirá la ciudad(L). Pero a sus yernos les pareció que[m] bromeaba(M). 15 Y al amanecer, los ángeles apremiaban a Lot, diciendo: Levántate, toma a tu mujer y a tus dos hijas que están aquí, para que no seáis destruidos en el castigo[n] de la ciudad. 16 Mas él titubeaba. Entonces los dos hombres tomaron su mano(N) y la mano de su mujer y la mano de sus dos hijas, porque[o] la compasión del Señor estaba sobre él(O); y lo sacaron y lo pusieron fuera de la ciudad. 17 Y aconteció que 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 Pero Lot les dijo: No, por favor, señores míos. 19 Ahora he aquí, tu siervo ha hallado gracia ante tus ojos, y has engrandecido tu misericordia la cual me has mostrado salvándome la vida; mas no puedo escapar al monte, no sea que el desastre me alcance, y muera. 20 Ahora he aquí, esta ciudad está bastante cerca para huir a ella, y es pequeña. Te ruego que me dejes huir allá (¿no es pequeña?) para salvar mi vida[r]. 21 Y él le respondió: He aquí, 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 sobre Sodoma y Gomorra azufre y fuego, de parte del Señor desde los cielos(U); 25 y 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 Y Abraham se levantó muy de mañana, y fue al sitio donde había estado delante del Señor(X); 28 y dirigió la vista hacia Sodoma y Gomorra y hacia toda la tierra del valle y miró; y he aquí, el humo ascendía de la tierra como el humo de un horno(Y). 29 Y aconteció que cuando Dios destruyó las ciudades del valle, se acordó Dios de Abraham(Z) e hizo salir[w] a Lot de en medio de la destrucción(AA), cuando destruyó las ciudades donde habitaba Lot.
Moab y Amón
30 Subió Lot 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 bebiera vino su padre, y la mayor entró y se acostó con su padre, y él no supo cuando ella se acostó ni cuando se levantó. 34 Y aconteció que 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 bebiera vino su padre, y la menor se levantó y se acostó con él, y él no supo cuando ella se acostó ni cuando se levantó. 36 Y 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 Y 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
- Génesis 19:2 Lit., os desviéis hacia
- Génesis 19:3 Lit., se desviaron hacia
- Génesis 19:4 Lit., desde los extremos
- Génesis 19:5 Lit., Sácanoslos
- Génesis 19:5 I.e., tengamos relaciones sexuales
- Génesis 19:8 Lit., como sea bueno a vuestros ojos
- Génesis 19:8 Lit., a la sombra de
- Génesis 19:9 Lit., a peregrinar
- Génesis 19:9 Lit., el hombre, contra Lot
- Génesis 19:10 I.e., los ángeles
- Génesis 19:10 Lit., hacia
- Génesis 19:14 O, se habían casado con; lit., estaban tomando
- Génesis 19:14 Lit., como uno que
- Génesis 19:15 O, la iniquidad
- Génesis 19:16 Lit., en
- Génesis 19:17 Lit., en todo el círculo
- Génesis 19:17 Lit., seas destruido
- Génesis 19:20 Lit., y vivirá mi alma
- Génesis 19:21 Lit., cosa
- Génesis 19:22 I.e., pequeña
- Génesis 19:25 Lit., círculo, y así en los vers. 28 y 29
- Génesis 19:26 Lit., su mujer
- Génesis 19:29 Lit., y envió
- Génesis 19:30 Lit., el monte
- Génesis 19:30 Lit., habitar
- Génesis 19:32 Lit., preservar simiente
- Génesis 19:34 Lit., preservar simiente
- Génesis 19:38 Lit., los hijos de Amón; heb., Bene-Ammon
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