Genesis 19
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Destroys Sodom and Gomorrah
19 Then the (A)two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. (B)Lot saw them and rose to meet them and [a]bowed down with his [b]face to the ground. 2 And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.” 3 Yet he pressed them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; (C)and he made a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 4 Before they lay down, (D)the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from young to old, all the people [c]from every quarter; 5 and they called to Lot and said to him, “(E)Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may [d]know them.” 6 But Lot went out to them at the doorway and shut the door behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. 8 Now behold, (F)I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them what is good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the [e]shelter of my roof.” 9 But they said, “Step aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came to sojourn, and already (G)he is persistently acting like a judge; now we will treat you more wickedly than them.” So they pressed hard against [f]Lot and stepped up to break the door. 10 But (H)the men reached out their [g]hands and brought Lot into the house [h]with them and shut the door. 11 (I)And they [i]struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from small to great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.
12 Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and everyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place; 13 for we are about to destroy this place because (J)their outcry has become great before Yahweh, so (K)Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.” 14 And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who [j]were to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up, (L)get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” (M)But he appeared to his sons-in-law [k]to be jesting.
15 Now at the [l]breaking of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the [m]punishment of the city.” 16 But he hesitated. So the men (N)seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the [n]hands of his two daughters, for (O)the compassion of Yahweh was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city. 17 Now it happened, as they brought them outside, [o]one said, “(P)Escape for your life! (Q)Do not look behind you, and do not stay [p]anywhere in the (R)valley; escape to (S)the [q]mountains, lest you be swept away.” 18 But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords! 19 Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by preserving my life; but I cannot escape to the [r]mountains, lest calamity overtake me and I die; 20 now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) [s]that my life may be preserved.” 21 And he said to him, “Behold, I grant you this [t]request also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called [u](T)Zoar.
23 The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 And Yahweh (U)rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven, 25 and (V)He overthrew those cities, and all the [v]valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 Then his wife, from behind him, (W)looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to (X)the place where he had stood before Yahweh; 28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the [w]valley, and he saw, and behold, (Y)the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a [x]furnace.
29 Thus it happened, when God destroyed the cities of the [y]valley, that (Z)God remembered Abraham and (AA)sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
Lot and His Daughters
30 And Lot went up from Zoar and [z](AB)stayed in the [aa]mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to [ab]stay in Zoar; and he [ac]stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man [ad]on earth to (AC)come in to us after the manner of the earth. 32 Come, (AD)let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our seed through 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 Now it happened on the following day, that the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our seed through 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 conceived by their father. 37 And the firstborn bore a son and called his name (AE)Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 As for the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the [ae]sons of (AF)Ammon to this day.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:1 Lit bowed himself
- Genesis 19:1 Lit nose
- Genesis 19:4 Or without exception; lit from every end
- Genesis 19:5 Have intercourse
- Genesis 19:8 Lit shadow
- Genesis 19:9 Lit the man, against Lot
- Genesis 19:10 Lit hand
- Genesis 19:10 Lit to
- Genesis 19:11 Lit smote
- Genesis 19:14 Or had married; lit were taking
- Genesis 19:14 Lit like one who was jesting
- Genesis 19:15 Lit rising
- Genesis 19:15 Or iniquity
- Genesis 19:16 Lit hand
- Genesis 19:17 Lit he
- Genesis 19:17 Lit in all the circle
- Genesis 19:17 Lit mountain
- Genesis 19:19 Lit mountain
- Genesis 19:20 Lit and my soul will live
- Genesis 19:21 Lit thing
- Genesis 19:22 Lit small
- Genesis 19:25 Lit circle
- Genesis 19:28 Lit circle
- Genesis 19:28 Lit kiln
- Genesis 19:29 Lit circle
- Genesis 19:30 Lit dwelt
- Genesis 19:30 Lit mountain
- Genesis 19:30 Lit dwell
- Genesis 19:30 Lit dwelt
- Genesis 19:31 Or in the land
- Genesis 19:38 Heb Bene-Ammon
1 Moseboken 19
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Gud räddar Lot
19 När de två änglarna samma kväll kom till Sodom, satt Lot i stadsporten. När han såg dem, reste han sig upp för att möta dem och han bugade sig med ansiktet mot marken. 2 ”Mina herrar”, sa han. ”Kom till mitt hem och stanna över natten, så att ni får tvätta era fötter. Sedan kan ni resa vidare i morgon bitti.” ”Nej”, svarade de. ”Vi stannar här ute på gatan över natten.”
3 Men Lot var så angelägen att de slutligen gick med honom hem, och han bjöd dem på mat och nybakat, osyrat bröd, och de åt. 4 Innan de hunnit lägga sig, omringades huset av stadens män. De hade kommit allesammans från alla håll i staden, både yngre och äldre. 5 De skrek till Lot: ”Var är de där männen som kom till dig i kväll? För ut dem till oss, så att vi kan ligga med dem!”
6 Lot gick då ut för att tala med dem och stängde dörren efter sig. 7 Han bad dem: ”Mina vänner, gör inte något så ont. 8 Jag har två döttrar, som är oskulder. Ni kan ta dem och göra vad ni vill med dem, men lämna dessa män i fred, för de har kommit för att få skydd under mitt tak.”
9 ”Flytta på dig”, skrek de. ”Denne har kommit hit som främling och nu vill han vara vår domare! Nu ska vi behandla dig mycket värre än vad vi tänkte behandla dem.” Så trängde de sig fram till Lot och började bryta sönder dörren.
10 Men de två männen i huset sträckte sig ut efter Lot, drog in honom och låste dörren 11 och förblindade dem som stod utanför, unga som gamla, så att de inte kunde hitta dörren.
12 ”Vilka släktingar har du här i staden?” frågade männen Lot. ”För ut dem härifrån allihop, mågar, söner, döttrar, vilka de än är! 13 Vi ska nämligen utplåna staden. Herren har hört ett stort klagorop om staden och skickat oss hit för att förgöra den.”
14 Då gick Lot ut för att berätta detta för sina blivande svärsöner: ”Skynda er, skynda er ut ur staden, för Herren tänker förgöra den!” Men svärsönerna trodde att han bara skämtade.
15 Vid gryningen nästa morgon blev änglarna allt mer angelägna: ”Skynda dig”, sa de till Lot. ”Ta din hustru och dina döttrar som är här och ge dig av medan du kan, för annars kommer du att förgås med stadens synd.”
16 När Lot fortfarande tvekade, tog männen honom och hans hustru och döttrar vid handen, eftersom Herren ville skona honom, och förde dem i säkerhet utanför staden. Där lämnade de dem.
17 ”Fly för livet”, sa han[a] medan de fördes ut. ”Och se dig inte tillbaka! Fly till bergen! Stanna inte här nere på slätten, för då kommer du att förintas.” 18 ”Nej, Herre[b]”, bad Lot. 19 ”Du har visat mig, din tjänare, den välviljan och den stora nåden att rädda mitt liv. Men jag hinner inte fly upp i bergen förrän olyckan är ifatt mig, och då dör jag. 20 Staden där ligger så nära att jag kan fly dit och den är liten. Låt mig få gå dit i stället. Du ser väl hur liten den är! Då kommer mitt liv att räddas.”
21 Han sa: ”Du ska få som du vill också den här gången. Jag ska inte förstöra staden du talar om. 22 Men skynda dig dit, för jag kan inte göra något förrän du är där.” Så fick staden heta Soar[c].
23 Solen var redan på väg upp över jorden, när Lot nådde fram till staden. 24 Då lät Herren eld och flammande svavel regna ner från himlen, från Herren, över Sodom och Gomorra. 25 Han förstörde dessa städer helt och hållet tillsammans med hela slätten och utplånade allt liv i dem, även vegetationen. 26 Men Lots hustru såg sig om och blev förvandlad till en saltpelare.
27 På morgonen var Abraham uppe tidigt och gick ut till platsen där han hade stått inför Herren. 28 Han såg ut över slätten mot Sodom och Gomorra och såg röken från jorden stiga upp som från en brännugn. 29 När Gud utplånade städerna på slätten, tänkte han på Abraham och förde ut Lot undan förödelsen som drabbade städerna där Lot bott.
Lots döttrar
30 Efteråt lämnade Lot med sina döttrar Soar, för han var rädd för att bo där. Han bosatte sig i stället i en grotta i bergen tillsammans med sina två döttrar.
31 En dag sa den äldre dottern till sin syster: ”Vår far är gammal, och det finns ingen man här i landet som skulle kunna komma till oss som man brukar göra överallt på jorden. 32 Kom, så ger vi vår far vin att dricka, och sedan ligger vi med honom, så att vi får barn genom vår far.”
33 Den kvällen såg de till att fadern blev berusad, och den äldre dottern gick in och låg med sin far. Men han visste varken när hon lade sig där eller gick upp.
34 Följande dag sa hon till sin yngre syster: ”Jag låg med vår far i natt. Låt oss fylla honom med vin i kväll igen, och sedan går du in och ligger med honom så att vi får barn genom honom.” 35 Också den kvällen fick de honom drucken, och den yngre dottern gick in och låg med honom, och inte heller nu märkte han när hon lade sig eller gick upp. 36 På så sätt blev Lots båda döttrar med barn genom sin far.
37 Den äldre dottern födde en son som hon gav namnet Moab[d]. Han blev stamfar till vår tids moabiter. 38 Den yngre födde också en son som hon gav namnet Ben-Ammi[e]. Han blev stamfar till vår tids ammoniter.
Footnotes
- 19:17 Det framkommer inte vem subjektet var, men uppenbarligen en av änglarna, snarare än Herren själv. Samtidigt är det dock Herren Lot åtminstone tidvis verkar tilltala här.
- 19:18 Eller: min herre eller: mina herrar
- 19:22 Namnet Soar kommer från hebreiskans ord för liten.
- 19:37 I hebreiskan anspelning på genom sin far
- 19:38 Betyder: son till mitt folk
Genesis 19
King James Version
19 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto 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 seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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