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12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you any-
January 10 one else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your
daughters, and whomever you have in the
city—take them out of this place! For we will
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destroy this place, because the outcry against
Genesis 19:1–20:18
them has grown great before the face of the
Now the two angels came to Sodom in LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
19 the evening, and Lot was sitting in the 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-
gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to law, who had married his daughters, and said,
meet them, and he bowed himself with his face “Get up, get out of this place; for the LORD will
toward the ground. And he said, “Here now, destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he
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my lords, please turn in to your servant’s seemed to be joking.
house and spend the night, and wash your feet; 15 When the morning dawned, the angels
then you may rise early and go on your way.” urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your
And they said, “No, but we will spend the wife and your two daughters who are here,
night in the open square.” lest you be consumed in the punishment of
But he insisted strongly; so they turned in the city.” And while he lingered, the men
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to him and entered his house. Then he made took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the
them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, hands of his two daughters, the LORD being
and they ate. merciful to him, and they brought him out and
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Now before they lay down, the men of the set him outside the city. So it came to pass,
city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, when they had brought them outside, that he
all the people from every quarter, surrounded said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind
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the house. And they called to Lot and said to you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to
him, “Where are the men who came to you the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
tonight? Bring them out to us that we may 18 Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords!
know them carnally.” 19 Indeed now, your servant has found favor in
your sight, and you have increased your
mercy which you have shown me by saving
my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains,
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lest some evil overtake me and I die. See
19:5 know them carnally.They sought homo-
sexual relations with the visitors. God’s atti- now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is
tude toward this vile behavior became clear a little one; please let me escape there (is it not
when He destroyed the city (vv. 23–29). (See a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
Lev.18:22,29;20:13;Rom.1:26;1 Cor.6:9;1 Tim. 21 And he said to him, “See, I have favored
1:10 where all homosexual behavior is prohib- you concerning this thing also, in that I will
ited and condemned by God.) not overthrow this city for which you have
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spoken. Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do
anything until you arrive there.”
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So Lot went out to them through the doorway, Therefore the name of the city was called
shut the door behind him, and said, “Please, Zoar.
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my brethren, do not do so wickedly! See now,
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I have two daughters who have not known a
man; please, let me bring them out to you, and
you may do to them as you wish; only do noth- 19:24 brimstone…from the LORD out of the
ing to these men, since this is the reason they heavens. When morning came (v. 23) judg-
have come under the shadow of my roof.” ment fell. Any natural explanation about how
And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, the Lord used combustible sulfur deposits to
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“This one came in to stay here, and he keeps destroy that locale falters on this emphatic indi-
acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with cation of miraculous judgment. “Brimstone”
you than with them.” So they pressed hard could refer to any inflammable substance;per-
against the man Lot, and came near to break haps a volcanic eruption and an earthquake
down the door. But the men reached out with a violent electrical storm “overthrew” (v.
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their hands and pulled Lot into the house with 25) the area. That area is now believed to be
them, and shut the door. And they struck the under the south end of the Dead Sea.Burning
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men who were at the doorway of the house gases,sulfur,and magma blown into the air all
with blindness, both small and great, so that fell to bury the region.
they became weary trying to find the door.
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