¶¹And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose² up to meet them; and he bowed³ himself with his face toward the ground;

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn⁴ in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash⁵ your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay;⁶ but we will abide in the street all night.

And he pressed⁷ upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast⁸, and did bake unleavened⁹ bread, and they did eat.

¶ But¹⁰ before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all¹¹ the people from every quarter:

¹²And 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.

And Lot¹³ went out at the door¹⁴ unto them, and shut the door after him,

¹⁵And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

Behold now, I have¹⁶ two daughters which have not known man; let¹⁷ 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 therefore¹⁸ came they under the shadow of my roof.

And they said, Stand¹⁹ back. And they said again, This²⁰ 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 pressed²¹ sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

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

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness²², both small and great: so that they²³ wearied themselves to find the door.

¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast²⁴ thou here any besides? son²⁵ in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

For we will destroy this place, because the cry²⁶ of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath²⁷ sent us to destroy it.

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which²⁸ married his daughters, and said, Up²⁹, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one³⁰ that mocked unto his sons in law.

¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened³¹ Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here³²; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

And while he lingered³³, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD³⁴ being merciful unto him: and they brought³⁵ him forth, and set him without the city.

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said³⁶, Escape³⁷ for thy life; look³⁸ not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

³⁹And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou⁴⁰ hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some⁴¹ evil take me, and I die:

¶ Behold now, this⁴² city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my⁴³ soul shall live.

And he said unto him, See, I⁴⁴ have accepted thee⁴⁵ concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Haste thee, escape thither; for⁴⁶ I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called⁴⁷ Zoar⁴⁸.

The sun was risen⁴⁹ upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

¶ Then the LORD⁵⁰ rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone⁵¹ and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

⁵²And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

¶ But his wife looked⁵³ back from behind him, and⁵⁴ she became a pillar of salt.

¶ And Abraham gat up early⁵⁵ in the morning to the⁵⁶ place where he stood before the LORD:

⁵⁷And 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.

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God⁵⁸ remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

¶ And Lot⁵⁹ went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he⁶⁰ feared to dwell in Zoar⁶¹: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not⁶² a man in the earth to come⁶³ in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

Come⁶⁴, let us make our father drink⁶⁵ wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed⁶⁶ of our father.

And they made their father drink⁶⁷ 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.

⁶⁸And 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.

⁶⁹And 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.

⁷⁰Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab⁷¹: the same is the father of the Moabites⁷² unto this day.

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi⁷³: the same is the father of the children⁷⁴ of Ammon unto this day.