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; 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. 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.
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: 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. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 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. 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. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to 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.
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: 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 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: 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. 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. 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.
23 ¶ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, 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: 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.
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.
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. 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: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of 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. 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. 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. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child 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. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
1 veneruntque duo angeli Sodomam vespere
sedente Loth in foribus civitatis
qui cum vidisset surrexit et ivit obviam eis
adoravitque pronus in terra
2 et dixit
obsecro domini declinate in domum pueri vestri
et manete ibi
lavate pedes vestros
et mane proficiscimini in viam vestram
qui dixerunt minime sed in platea manebimus
3 conpulit illos oppido ut deverterent ad eum
ingressisque domum illius fecit convivium
coxit azyma et comederunt
4 prius autem quam irent cubitum viri civitatis vallaverunt domum
a puero usque ad senem omnis populus simul
5 vocaveruntque Loth et dixerunt ei
ubi sunt viri qui introierunt ad te nocte
educ illos huc ut cognoscamus eos
6 egressus ad eos Loth post tergum adcludens
ostium ait
7 nolite quaeso fratres mei nolite malum hoc facere
8 habeo duas filias quae necdum cognoverunt virum
educam eas ad vos
et abutimini eis sicut placuerit vobis
dummodo viris istis nihil faciatis mali
quia ingressi sunt sub umbraculum tegminis mei
9 at illi dixerunt recede illuc
et rursus ingressus es inquiunt ut advena numquid ut iudices
te ergo ipsum magis quam hos adfligemus
vimque faciebant Loth vehementissime
iam prope erat ut refringerent fores
10 et ecce miserunt manum viri
et introduxerunt ad se Loth cluseruntque ostium
11 et eos qui erant foris percusserunt caecitate
a minimo usque ad maximum
ita ut ostium invenire non possent
12 dixerunt autem ad Loth
habes hic tuorum quempiam generum aut filios aut filias
omnes qui tui sunt educ de urbe hac
13 delebimus enim locum istum
eo quod increverit clamor eorum coram Domino
qui misit nos ut perdamus illos
14 egressus itaque Loth locutus est ad generos suos
qui accepturi erant filias eius et dixit surgite egredimini de loco isto
quia delebit Dominus civitatem hanc
et visus est eis quasi ludens loqui
15 cumque esset mane cogebant eum angeli dicentes
surge et tolle uxorem tuam et duas filias quas habes
ne et tu pariter pereas in scelere civitatis
16 dissimulante illo adprehenderunt manum eius
et manum uxoris ac duarum filiarum eius
eo quod parceret Dominus illi
17 et eduxerunt eum
posueruntque extra civitatem
ibi locutus est
ad eum
salva animam tuam noli respicere post tergum
nec stes in omni circa regione
sed in monte salvum te fac ne et tu simul pereas
18 dixitque Loth ad eos
quaeso Domine mi
19 quia invenit servus tuus gratiam coram te
et magnificasti misericordiam tuam quam fecisti mecum
ut salvares animam meam
nec possum in monte salvari
ne forte adprehendat me malum et moriar
20 est civitas haec iuxta ad quam possum fugere parva
et salvabor in ea
numquid non modica est
et vivet anima mea
21 dixitque ad eum ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas
ut non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es
22 festina et salvare ibi
quia non potero facere quicquam donec ingrediaris illuc
idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor
23 sol egressus est super terram et Loth ingressus est in
Segor
24 igitur Dominus pluit super Sodomam et Gomorram sulphur et ignem a
Domino de caelo
25 et subvertit civitates has et omnem circa regionem
universos habitatores urbium et cuncta terrae virentia
26 respiciensque uxor eius post se versa est in statuam salis
27 Abraham autem consurgens mane ubi steterat prius cum Domino
28 intuitus est Sodomam et Gomorram
et universam terram regionis illius
viditque ascendentem favillam de terra quasi fornacis fumum
29 cum enim subverteret Deus civitates regionis illius
recordatus est Abrahae
et liberavit Loth de subversione urbium in quibus
habitaverat
30 ascenditque Loth de Segor et mansit in monte
duae quoque filiae eius cum eo
timuerat enim manere in Segor
et mansit in spelunca ipse et duae filiae eius
31 dixitque maior ad minorem pater noster senex est
et nullus virorum remansit in terra
qui possit ingredi ad nos iuxta morem universae terrae
32 veni inebriemus eum vino dormiamusque cum eo
ut servare possimus ex patre nostro semen
33 dederunt itaque patri suo bibere vinum nocte illa
et ingressa est maior dormivitque cum patre
at ille non sensit nec quando accubuit filia nec quando surrexit
34 altera quoque die dixit maior ad minorem
ecce dormivi heri cum patre meo
demus ei bibere vinum etiam hac nocte
et dormies cum eo ut salvemus semen de patre nostro
35 dederunt et illa nocte patri vinum
ingressaque minor filia dormivit cum eo
et nec tunc quidem sensit
quando concubuerit vel quando illa surrexerit
36 conceperunt ergo duae filiae Loth de patre suo
37 peperitque maior filium et vocavit nomen eius Moab
ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in praesentem diem
38 minor quoque peperit filium
et vocavit nomen eius Ammon id est filius populi mei
ipse est pater Ammanitarum usque hodie