¹ And the two angels came to^▫ Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw, and rose·​·up to meet them, and he bowed· himself ·down with his face^◦ to^▫ the earth.

² And he said, Behold, I pray^◦, my lords, turn·​·aside, I pray^◦, to^▵ the house of your servant, and pass·​·the·​·night, and bathe your feet; and you shall get·​·up·​·early, and go^◦ on your way; and they said, No^◦, for we will pass·​·the·​·night in the avenue.

³ And he urged them exceedingly; and they turned·​·aside to^▵ him, and came to^▵ his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread; and they did eat.

⁴ Scarcely had they lain·​·down and the men^◦ of the city, the men^◦ of Sodom, surrounded the house, from a lad and even·​·to an old man, all the people, even from the outermost part^*.

⁵ And they called to^▵ Lot, and said to him, Where^◦ are the men^◦ that came to^▵ thee this night? Bring· them ·out to^▵ us, that we may·​·know them.

⁶ And Lot went·​·out to^▵ them to the entrance and closed the door behind him.

⁷ And he said, I pray^◦ you, my brothers, do not do·​·evil.

⁸ Behold now^◦, I have^◦ two daughters, who have· not ·known a man^◦; now^◦ let me bring· them ·out to^▵ you, and you may do to them as is good in your eyes; only to these men^◦ do not a thing; for therefore have they come into the shadow of the beams^* of my roof.

⁹ And they said, Move aside!^* And they said, Is one come to sojourn, and judging shall he judge? Now will we do·​·evil to thee more than to them^◦. And they pressed^* on^◦ the man^◦, on^◦ Lot, exceedingly; and approached to break the door.

¹⁰ And the men^◦ put·​·forth^◦ their hand, and brought Lot into^▵ the house to^▵ them, and shut the door.

¹¹ And the men^◦ who were at the entrance of the house they smote with blindness, from small even·​·to great; and they labored^* to find the entrance.

¹² And the men^◦ said to^▵ Lot, Hast thou still anyone here? Son-in-law, thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomever thou hast in the city, bring· them ·out of the place.

¹³ For we^◦ will destroy this place, for their cry is· become ·great before Jehovah; and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

¹⁴ And Lot went·​·out, and spoke to^▵ his sons-in-law who were to take his daughters, and said, Arise, go·​·out from this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. And in the eyes of his sons-in-law he was as one jesting.

¹⁵ And as^▵ the dawn came·​·up the angels insisted that Lot hasten, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

¹⁶ And he lingered; and the men^◦ held· his hand ·firmly, and the hand of his wife, and the hand of his two daughters, with the pity^* of Jehovah upon him, and they brought· him ·out, and placed him outside the city.

¹⁷ And it was, as they were bringing· them ·out outside, that He said, Escape for^▵ thy soul; look not back after thee, and stand not in all the plain; Escape towards the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

¹⁸ And Lot said to^▵ them, No^◦, I pray^◦, my lords.

¹⁹ Behold, I pray^◦, thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast done with·​·me, to make my soul live, and I^▵ am· not ·able to escape to the mountain, lest the evil stick to me, and I die.

²⁰ Behold, I pray^◦, this city is near to flee thither, and it is a little·​·one. Let me, I pray^◦, escape thither; is it not a little·​·one? And my soul shall live.

²¹ And He said to^▵ him, Behold I have accepted thy face^* as to this word also, that I will not^▵ overturn the city of which thou hast spoken.

²² Hasten, escape thither, for I cannot do a thing until thou be come thither. Therefore he called the name of the city Zoar.

²³ The sun was gone·​·out on the earth, and Lot came to^▫ Zoar.

²⁴ And Jehovah made·​·it·​·rain on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from^◦ Jehovah out·​·of the heavens.

²⁵ And He overturned these cities, and all the plain, and all who dwell·​·in the cities, and the growth of the ground.

²⁶ And his wife looked back from after him, and became a statue of salt.

²⁷ And Abraham got·​·up·​·early in the morning, to^▵ the place where he had stood before Jehovah.

²⁸ And he gazed on the faces of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the faces of the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold the fumes of the land went·​·up, as the fumes of a furnace^◦.

²⁹ And it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out·​·of the midst of the overturning, when He overturned the cities in which Lot dwelt.

³⁰ And Lot went·​·up from 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 to^▵ the younger^▵, Our father is·​·old, and there is no man^◦ in the earth to come to us according·​·to the way of all the earth.

³² Come, let us make· our father ·drink wine, and let us lie with him, and let us make· the seed from our father ·live.

³³ And they gave· their father wine ·to·​·drink^◦ in that^◦ night; and the firstborn came·​·in, and lay with^◦ her father; and he knew not when she lay·​·down, and when she arose.

³⁴ And it was on the morrow, and the firstborn said to^▵ the younger^▵, Behold, I, lay last·​·night with my father; let us give· him wine ·to·​·drink^◦ tonight also, and go· thou ·in and lie with him, and cause the seed from our father to live.

³⁵ And they gave· their father wine ·to·​·drink^◦ in that^◦ night also; and the younger^▵ arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay·​·down nor^◦ when she arose.

³⁶ And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

³⁷ And the firstborn gave·​·birth to a son, and called his name Moab; he^◦ is the father of Moab even·​·to today.

³⁸ And the younger^▵ she^◦ also gave·​·birth to a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he^◦ is the father of the sons of Ammon until today.

¹ The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

² and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

³ He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. 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, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

⁵ They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them."

⁶ Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

⁷ He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

⁸ See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

⁹ They said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.

¹⁰ But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

¹¹ They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

¹² The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:

¹³ for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

¹⁴ Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

¹⁵ When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

¹⁶ But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.

¹⁷ It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"

¹⁸ Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

¹⁹ See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

²⁰ See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."

²¹ He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

²² Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

²³ The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

²⁴ Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.

²⁵ He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

²⁶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

²⁸ He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

²⁹ It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

³⁰ Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.

³¹ The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

³² Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

³³ They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³⁴ It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

³⁵ They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she got up.

³⁶ Thus both of Lot's daughters were with child by their father.

³⁷ The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

³⁸ The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.