Lot entertaineth two angels.

1 ¶ And there cameºª twoº angelsº to Sodomº at even;º and Lotº satºª in the gateº of Sodom:º and Lotº seeingºª [them] rose upºª to meetºª them; and he bowed¹ª himself² with his faceº toward the ground;º 2 And he said,ºª Behold² now,² my lords,º turn in,ºª I pray you,² into² your servant'sº house,º and tarry all night,ºª and washºª your feet,º and ye shall rise up early,ºª and goºª on your ways.º And they said,ºª Nay;² but² we will abide¹ª in the street¹ all night.ºª² 3 And he pressedºª upon them greatly;º and they turned inºª unto² him, and enteredºª into² his house;º and he madeºª them a feast,º and did bakeºª unleavened bread,º and they did eat.ºª

The vicious Sodomites are stricken with blindness.

4 ¶ But before² they lay down,ºª the men¹² of the city,º [even] the men¹² of Sodom,º compassedºª² the houseº round,¹ª both oldº and young,º² all² the peopleº from every quarter:º² 5 And they calledºª unto² Lot,º and saidºª unto him, Where² [are] the men¹² which² came inºª to² thee this night?º bring them outºª unto² us, that we may knowºª them. 6 And Lotº went outºª at the doorº unto² them, and shutºª the doorº after² him,¹ 7 And said,ºª I pray you,² brethren,º do not so wickedly.ºª² 8 Behold² now,² I have twoº daughtersº which² have not² knownºª man;º let me, I pray you,² bring them outºª² unto² you, and doºª ye to them as [is] goodº in your eyes:º only² unto theseº men¹² doºª nothing;ºº for² therefore²² cameºª they under the shadowº of my roof.º 9 And they said,ºª Standºª back.º And they saidºª [again], This oneº [fellow] came inºª to sojourn,ºª and he will needs¹ª be a judge:ºª now² will we deal worseºª with thee, than² with them. And they pressedºª soreº upon the man,º [even] Lot,º and came nearºª to breakºª the door.º 10 But the men¹² put forthºª² their hand,º and pulledºª² Lotº into the houseº to² them, and shut¹ª to² the door.º 11 And they smoteºª the men¹² that² [were] at the doorº of the houseº with blindness,º both smallº² and great:º so that they wearied¹ª themselves² to findºª the door.º

Lot is sent for safety into the mountains.

12 ¶ And the men¹² saidºª unto² Lot,º Hast thou hereº anyº besides?² son in law,º and thy sons,º and thy daughters,º and whatsoeverº² thou hast in the city,º bring² [them] out¹ª of² this place:º 13 For² weº will destroyººª this² place,º because² the cry² of them¹ is waxen greatºª² before¹ the faceº of the LORD;º and the LORDº hath sentºª us to destroyºª it. 14 And Lotº went out,ºª and spakeºª unto² his sons in law,º which marriedºª his daughters,º and said,ºª Up,ºª get you outºª of² this² place;º for² the LORDº will destroyºª² this city.º But he seemed² as one that mockedºª untoº his sons in law.º

15 ¶ And whenº the morningº arose,ºª then the angelsº hastenedºª Lot,º saying,ºª Arise,ºª takeºª² thy wife,º and thy twoº daughters,º which are here;ºª lest² thou be consumedºª in the iniquityº of the city.º 16 And while he lingered,ºª the men¹² laid holdºª upon his hand,º and upon the handº of his wife,º and upon the handº of his twoº daughters;º the LORDº being mercifulº unto² him: and they brought him forth,ºª and set² him¹ª withoutº² the city.º

17 ¶ And it came to pass,² when they had brought them forthºª² abroad,º that he said,ºª Escapeºª forº thy life;º lookºª not² behind² thee,¹ neither² stayºª thou in all² the plain;º escapeºª to the mountain,º lest² thou be consumed.ºª

He obtaineth leave to go into Zoar.

18 And Lotº saidºª unto² them, Oh,² not² so, my Lord:¹² 19 Behold² now,² thy servantº hath foundºª graceº in thy sight,º and thou hast magnifiedºª thy mercy,º which² thou hast shewedºª unto² me¹ in savingºª² my life;º and I² cannotºª² escapeºª to the mountain,º lest² some evilº takeºª me, and I die:ºª 20 Behold² now,² this² cityº [is] nearº to fleeºª unto,² and itº [is] a little one:º Oh,² let me escapeºª thither,² ([is] it² not² a little one?)º and my soulº shall live.ºª 21 And he saidºª unto² him, See,º I have acceptedºª² thee¹ concerning this² thingº also,² that I will not² overthrowºª² this city,º for the whichº thou hast spoken.ºª 22 Hasteºª thee, escapeºª thither;² for² I cannotºª² doºª any thingº till² thou be comeºª thither.² Therefore²² the nameº of the cityº was calledºª Zoar.º

23 ¶ The sunº was risenºª upon² the earthº when Lotº enteredºª into Zoar.º

Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.

24 Then the LORDº rainedºª upon² Sodomº and upon² Gomorrahº brimstoneº and fireº from²² the LORDº out of² heaven;º 25 And he overthrewºª² thoseº cities,º and all² the plain,º and all² the inhabitantsºª of the cities,º and that which grewº upon the ground.º

Lot's wife is a pillar of salt.

26 ¶ But his wifeº looked² back¹ª from behind²² him,¹ and she became² a pillarº of salt.º

27 ¶ And Abrahamº gat up earlyºª in the morningº to² the placeº where²² he stoodºª² beforeº the LORD:º 28 And he lookedºª towardº² Sodomº and Gomorrah,º and towardº² all² the landº of the plain,º and beheld,ºª and, lo,² the smokeº of the countryº went upºª as the smokeº of a furnace.º

29 ¶ And it came to pass,² when Godº destroyedºª² the citiesº of the plain,º that Godº rememberedºª² Abraham,º and sentºª² Lotº out of the midstº² of the overthrow,º when he overthrewºª² the citiesº in the whichº² Lotº dwelt.ºª

Lot dwelleth in a cave.

30 ¶ And Lotº went upºª out of Zoar,º² and dweltºª in the mountain,º and his twoº daughtersº with² him; for² he fearedºª to dwellºª in Zoar:º and he dweltºª in a cave,º he² and his twoº daughters.º

The incestuous original of Moab and Ammon.

31 And the firstbornº saidºª unto² the younger,º Our fatherº [is] old,ºª and [there is] not² a manº in the earthº to come inºª unto² us after the mannerº of all² the earth:º 32 Come,¹ª² let us make¹ª² our fatherº drinkºª wine,º and we will lieºª with² him, that we may preserveºª seedº of our father.º² 33 And they made¹ª² their fatherº drinkºª wineº that² night:º and the firstbornº went in,ºª and layºª with² her father;º and he perceivedºª not² when she lay down,ºª nor when she arose.ºª 34 And it came to pass² on the morrow,º² that the firstbornº saidºª unto² the younger,º Behold,² I layºª yesternightº with² my father:º let us make him drinkºª wineº this nightº also;² and go thou in,ºª [and] lieºª with² him, that we may preserveºª seedº of our father.º² 35 And they made¹ª² their fatherº drinkºª wineº thatº nightº also:² and the youngerº arose,ºª and layºª with² him; and he perceivedºª not² when she lay down,ºª nor when she arose.ºª 36 Thus were bothº the daughtersº of Lotº with childºª by their father.º² 37 And the firstbornº bareºª a son,º and calledºª his nameº Moab:º the sameº [is] the fatherº of the Moabitesº unto² this day.º 38 And the younger,º she² also² bareºª a son,º and calledºª his nameº Benammi:º the same² [is] the fatherº of the childrenº of Ammonº unto² this day.º