2 Angels Visit Sodom & Rescue Lot & the Lord Rains Brimstone & Fire on It |
Genesis 19:1-38 The First Book of Moses Called Genesis |
Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, when the 2 angels came there [in the evening.] Seeing them, Lot rose to [greet] them & bowed toward the ground. [Lot] said, [Look] now, I pray [that] you, my lord, turn into your servant's house & [stay] all night & wash your feet & you shall rise up early & go on your [way.] And they said, [No,] but we will [stay] in the street all night, but Lot [strongly insisted, so] they entered into his house. [Lot] made them a feast & broke unleavened bread & they ate. |
Before they lay down, both the young & old men of Sodom [from every corner, surrounded] the house. And they called [out,] Where are the men [who] came to you this night? Bring them out to us, [so] that we may know them. [Psalm 11:5-6 The Lord [tests] the righteous: but the wicked & him [who] loves violence, His soul hates. Upon the wicked, He shall rain snares, fires & brimstone & a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of His cup.] Lot went out the door, to them & shut the door after him. [Lot] said, I pray [that] you don't [do] so wickedly. [See] now, I have 2 [unmarried] daughters [who] haven't known [a] man. I pray [that] you, [instead let me] bring them out to you & you do to them, [what] is good in your eyes. Only do nothing to these men who came under the shadow of my roof. |
They said, Stand back & said [it] again. This fellow came to [stay] & he [thinks] he will [need to] be a judge. Now we will [treat] Lot worse than them. They pressed [hard] against Lot [to the point they nearly broke down] the door. The men [Angels] reached [out] their [hands] & pulled Lot into the house [with] them & shut the door & [struck] the men at the door with blindness both small & [large] & they grew weary of trying to find the door. |
The men [asked] Lot, [Do you have any other family] here besides [you]? [A] son-in-law, sons, daughters & whatever [relatives] you have in the city, bring them out of this place. For we will destroy this place, because the cry of [those is growing] great, before the face of the Lord. And the Lord has sent us to destroy it. Lot went out & [spoke] to his sons-in-law, [who] married his daughters & said, [Get] up from this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. Lot’s sons-in-law [& married daughters thought] Lot [was joking.] |
In the morning at sunrise, the angels [rushed] Lot, saying, Take your wife & 2 daughters [who] are here, [so] you aren’t consumed in the iniquity of the city. The men [Angels] took Lot’s hand & his wife's hand & the hands of his 2 daughters, [because] the Lord [was] being merciful to him. The [Angels] brought them outside the city. It [happened] when they had brought them [out,] he said, Escape for your life & [don't] look [back] behind you & neither stay in [any of] the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be [destroyed]. |
Lot said to them, Oh, [no,] my [lords.] [Look] now, if [I,] your servant have found grease in your sight & you have magnified your mercy, [that] you have shown to me [by] saving my life & can't escape to the mountain, let some evil [thing overtakes] me & I die. [Look] now, this city is near to flee to & it's a little one. Let me escape [there] & my soul shall live. (Isn't it a little city?) He said, I will [accept your plan about this.] [So,] I won't overthrow this city, you have spoken [of.] [Hurry,] escape [there;] for I can't do anything [until] you [arrive there.] Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun [had] risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar & then the Lord rained brimstone & fire on [the cities] of Sodom & Gomorrah, from the Lord out of heaven. |
The [Lord] overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities & [what] grew on the ground. But [Lot’s] wife looked back behind him & she became a pillar of salt. [Genesis 19:17 And it [happened,] when they had brought them [outside,] that he said, Escape for your life. [Don't] look [back] behind you, neither stay in [any of] the plain. Escape to the mountain, let you be [destroyed.] |
Early in the morning, Abraham [went] to the place where he had stood before the Lord [God] & looked toward Sodom & Gomorrah & toward the land of the plain & [saw] the smoke of the [land that] went up [like] the smoke of a furnace. It [happened,] when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham & sent Lot out of the midst of the [overthrown] cities where Lot [lived.] Lot went up [from] Zoar, for he was fearful to live there & dwelt in the mountains with his 2 daughters & lived in a cave. |
The firstborn [daughter] said to the younger, OUr father is old & there is [no] man [on] earth to come in to us [intimately] after the manner of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine & we will lie [intimately] with him, [so] that we may preserve [the lineage] of our father. And they made their father [drunk with] wine that night & the firstborn went in & lay with her father. He [didn't realize it] when she lay down, nor when she arose. On the [next night,] the firstborn said to the younger, [See,] I lay [last night] with my father. Let us make him also drink wine this night & you go in & lie with him, [so] that we may preserve [the lineage] of our father. |
They made their father drink wine that night also & the younger [daughter] arose & lay with him & he [didn't realize it] when she lay down, or when she arose. Both daughters were [pregnant] by their father, Lot. The firstborn [daughter gave birth to] a son & [named] him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. The younger [daughter] also [gave birth to] a son & his name was Ben Ammi. [He] is the father of the children [people] of Ammon to this day |