Genesis, 19

1. 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;

1. When the two angels reached Sodom in the evening, Lot was sitting at the gate of the town. As soon as he saw them, he rose to meet them, bowed with his face to 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.

2. and said, "My lords, I pray you come to your servant's house to stay the night. Wash your feet, and then in the morning you may rise early and go on your way." They said, "No, we will spend the night in the square."

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.

3. But so strongly did he insist that they went with him to his house; there he prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast. This they ate.

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:

4. They had not yet gone to bed when men from the town surrounded the house; they were the men of Sodom, young and old, the entire population.

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.

5. They called Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who arrived here tonight? Send them out so that we may have sex with them."

6. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

6. Lot went out to meet them, shut the door behind him and said,

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

7. "I beg you, my brothers, don't do such a wicked thing.

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.

8. I have two daughters who are still virgins; let me bring them out to you; you may do with them as you please, but don't do anything to these men, for they have come to shelter under 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.

9. But they replied, "Get out of the way! This fellow is a foreigner and he wants to play the judge! Now we will do worse with you than with them." They pressed hard against Lot and drew near in order 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.

10. But the men inside the house stretched out their hands to bring Lot inside and then shut 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.

11. As for those at the entrance to the house, they were struck with blindness, from the smallest to the largest, so that they were unable 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:

12. The two men said to Lot, "Who is still here with you? Your sons-in-law? Get them out of the place: your sons, your daughters and all your people in the town. We are about to destroy 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.

13. The cry for retribution against it is great before Yahweh who has 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.

14. Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, those who were to marry his daughters, saying, "Hurry, leave, for Yahweh is about to destroy the town." But they took what he said as a joke.

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.

15. At daybreak the Angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and two daughters who are here, lest they perish because of the sin of the town."

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.

16. As he hesitated, the men took him by the hand and his wife and two daughters with him, because Yahweh had mercy on him. And they led him outside the town.

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.

17. When they were outside, the men said to him, "Flee for your life and don't look back and don't stop anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountain lest you perish."

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

18. But Lot replied, "My lords, your servant has found favor with you,

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:

19. and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot flee to the mountains for fear the disaster will overtake me and I die. See, there is a town near enough for me to flee to and it's a small one.

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.

20. Let me flee there: it is very small (that is why the town is called Zoar). So I will be safe."

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.

21. And the angel answered, "I grant you this favor as well by not destroying the town you speak of.

22. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

22. But flee fast for I can do nothing until you arrive there."

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

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

24. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

24. Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulphur out of the heavens from Yahweh,

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

25. and he completely destroyed those towns and all the valley and all the inhabitants of the towns and everything that grew there.

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

26. Lot's wife looked back 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:

27. Early next morning Abraham returned to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

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.

28. He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah and towards all the land of the valley and he saw smoke rising from the earth like the smoke from 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.

29. So when God destroyed the towns of the plain he remembered Abraham and made Lot escape from the catastrophe while he destroyed the cities where Lot had lived.

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.

30. Lot went up from Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived 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:

31. The elder said to the younger, "Our father is old and there is not a man in the country to lie with us as is the custom all over the world.

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

32. Come, let us make our father drunk with wine; we shall lie with him and have the race survive through 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.

33. So they made their father drink wine that night and the elder went to lie with her father. He knew nothing of it, neither when she lay down nor when she left.

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.

34. The next day the elder daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let us give him wine again tonight and you go and lie with him. In this way we shall continue the race through 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.

35. Again that night they got their father to drink wine. The younger went and lay with him. He was aware of nothing, neither when she lay with him nor when she left.

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

36. And the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

37. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day.

37. The elder gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He was the ancestor of the Moabites who live today.

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.

38. The younger, also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites who exist to this day.