KJV Easy Read Bible Sodom’s Depravity1And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; 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; 2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray youp, into yourp servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash yourp feet, and youp shall rise up early, and go on yourp ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. yeast-free 4But 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: surrounded the house 5And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men which came in to you this night? bring them out to us, that we may know them. i.e. sexually 6And Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him, 7And said, I pray youp, brethren, do not so wickedly. JUDE 7 8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray youp, bring them out to youp, and do youp to them as is good in yourp eyes: only to these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9And 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 you, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. temporarily stay; necessarily; hard 10But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. securely shut 11And 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. struck Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed12And the men said to Lot, Have you here any besides? son in law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatsoever you have in the city, bring them out of this place: 13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to destroy it. has grown 14And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get youp out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons in law. joked 15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters, which are here; lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16And 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 to him: and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city. 2 PET 2:7 17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that He said, Escape for your life; look not behind you, neither stay you in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed. outside 18And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord: lords 19Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have showed to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape there, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. life shall be spared 21And He said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which you have spoken. grant you 22Haste you, escape there; for I cannot do any thing till you be come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Small 23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 2 PET 2:6 25And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. destroyed 26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. LUKE 17:32 27And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: 28And 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. 29And 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. The Descendants of Lot30And 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. 31And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth: 32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. descendants 33And 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. 34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go you in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35And 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. 36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day. 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