Genesis 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And two of the messengers come toward Sodom at evening, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sees, and rises to meet them, and bows himself—face to the earth, The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
2 and he says, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside to the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet—then you have risen early and gone on your way”; and they say, “No, but we lodge in the broad place.” and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.” “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3 And he presses on them greatly, and they turn aside to him, and come into his house; and he makes a banquet for them, and has baked unleavened things; and they eat. But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
4 Before they lie down, the men of the city—men of Sodom—have surrounded the house, from young even to aged, all the people from the extremity; But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.
5 and they call to Lot and say to him, “Where [are] the men who have come to you tonight? Bring them out to us, and we know them.” And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.” They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
6 And Lot goes out to them, to the opening, and the door has shut behind him, Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him, Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7 and says, “Please, my brothers, do not do evil; and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing.
8 now behold, I have two daughters who have not known anyone; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, for therefore they have come in within the shadow of my roof.” Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.” Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9 And they say, “Come near here”; they also say, “This one has come to sojourn, and he certainly judges! Now, we do evil to you more than [to] them”; and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come near to break the door. But they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down. “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot to them, into the house, and have shut the door; But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.
11 and the men who [are] at the opening of the house they have struck with blindness, from small even to great, and they weary themselves to find the opening. And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door. Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
12 And the men say to Lot, “Whom have you here still? Son-in-law, your sons also, and your daughters, and all whom you have in the city, bring out from this place; Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place. The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
13 for we are destroying this place, for their cry has been great [before] the face of YHWH, and YHWH does send us to destroy it.” For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.” because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 And Lot goes out and speaks to his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and says, “Rise, go out from this place, for YHWH is destroying the city”; and he is as [one] mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law. So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Up! Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting. So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 And when the dawn has ascended, then the messengers press on Lot, saying, “Rise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are found present, lest you are consumed in the iniquity of the city.” As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
16 And he lingers, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of YHWH to him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest outside the city. But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.
17 And it comes to pass, when he has brought them outside, that he says, “Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stand in all the circuit; escape to the mountain, lest you are consumed.” And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
18 And Lot says to them, “Oh not [so], my lord; And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords. But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please!
19 now behold, your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you make great your kindness which you have done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me and I have died; Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
20 now behold, this city [is] near to flee there, and it [is] little; please let me escape there (is it not little?) that my soul may live.” Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!” Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
21 And he says to him, “Behold, I have also accepted your face for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which you have spoken; He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
22 hurry, escape there, for I am not able to do anything until your entering there”; therefore he calls the name of the city Zoar. Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
23 The sun has gone out on the earth, and Lot has entered into Zoar, The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
24 and YHWH has rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from YHWH, from the heavens; Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven. Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
25 and He overthrows these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground. And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.
26 And his wife looks from behind him, and she becomes a pillar of salt! But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham rises early in the morning to the place where he has stood [before] the face of YHWH; And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD. Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
28 and he looks on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and sees, and behold, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace. And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
29 And it comes to pass, in God’s destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembers Abraham, and sends Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt. So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived. So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
30 And Lot goes up out of Zoar, and dwells in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he has been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwells in a cave, he and his two daughters. Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.
31 And the firstborn says to the younger, “Our father [is] old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us, as [is] the way of all the earth; And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth.
32 come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve a seed from our father.” Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
33 And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the firstborn goes in and lies with her father, and he has not known in her lying down or in her rising up. So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose. That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 And it comes to pass, on the next day, that the firstborn says to the younger, “Behold, I have lain with my father last night: we also cause him to drink wine tonight, then go in, lie with him, and we preserve a seed from our father.” The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”
35 And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger rises and lies with him, and he has not known in her lying down or in her rising up. So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father, Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
37 and the firstborn bears a son and calls his name Moab: he [is] father of Moab to this day. The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.
38 As for the younger, she has also born a son and calls his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the sons of Ammon to this day. The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day. The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
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