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; Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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: Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
6.
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, Explain This Verse
7.
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
10.
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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: Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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: Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
23.
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Explain This Verse
24.
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; Explain This Verse
25.
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. Explain This Verse
26.
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Explain This Verse
27.
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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: Explain This Verse
32.
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
36.
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. Explain This Verse
37.
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse