Genesis 19 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

The Doom of Sodom

19 Now the ^(A)two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When ^(B)Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and ^[a]bowed down with his face to the ground. ² And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.” ³ Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; ^(C)and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. ⁴ Before they lay down, ^(D)the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people ^[b]from every quarter; ⁵ and they called to Lot and said to him, “^(E)Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may ^[c]have relations with them.” ⁶ But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, ⁷ and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. ⁸ Now behold, ^(F)I have two daughters who have not ^[d]had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them ^[e]whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the ^[f]shelter of my roof.” ⁹ But they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came in ^[g]as an alien, and already ^(G)he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against ^[h]Lot and came near to break the door. ¹⁰ But ^(H)the men reached out their ^[i]hands and brought Lot into the house ^[j]with them, and shut the door. ^{11 (I)}They ^[k]struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

¹² Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place; ¹³ for we are about to destroy this place, because ^(J)their outcry has become so great before the Lord that ^(K)the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” ¹⁴ Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who ^[l]were to marry his daughters, and said, “Up, ^(L)get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city.” ^(M)But he appeared to his sons-in-law ^[m]to be jesting.

¹⁵ When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the ^[n]punishment of the city.” ¹⁶ But he hesitated. So the men ^(N)seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the ^[o]hands of his two daughters, for ^(O)the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city. ¹⁷ When they had brought them outside, ^[p]one said, “^(P)Escape for your life! ^(Q)Do not look behind you, and do not stay ^[q]anywhere in the ^(R)valley; escape to ^(S)the ^[r]mountains, or you will be swept away.” ¹⁸ But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords! ¹⁹ Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the ^[s]mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die; ²⁰ now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) ^[t]that my life may be saved.” ²¹ He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this ^[u]request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. ²² Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called ^[v](T)Zoar.

²³ The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar. ²⁴ Then the Lord ^(U)rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven, ²⁵ and ^(V)He overthrew those cities, and all the ^[w]valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. ²⁶ But his wife, from behind him, ^(W)looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁷ Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to ^(X)the place where he had stood before the Lord; ²⁸ and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the ^[x]valley, and he saw, and behold, ^(Y)the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a ^[y]furnace.

²⁹ Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the ^[z]valley, that ^(Z)God remembered Abraham, and ^(AA)sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

Lot Is Debased

³⁰ Lot went up from Zoar, and ^[aa](AB)stayed in the ^[ab]mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to ^[ac]stay in Zoar; and he ^[ad]stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. ³¹ Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man ^[ae]on earth to ^(AC)come in to us after the manner of the earth. ³² Come, ^(AD)let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve ^[af]our family through our father.” ³³ So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. ³⁴ On the following 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 ^[ag]our family through our father.” ³⁵ 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. ³⁶ Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. ³⁷ The firstborn bore a son, and called his name ^(AE)Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. ³⁸ As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the ^[ah]sons of ^(AF)Ammon to this day.

Footnotes

1. Genesis 19:1 Lit bowed himself
2. Genesis 19:4 Or without exception; lit from every end
3. Genesis 19:5 I.e. have intercourse
4. Genesis 19:8 I.e. had intercourse
5. Genesis 19:8 Lit as is good in your sight
6. Genesis 19:8 Lit shadow
7. Genesis 19:9 Lit to sojourn
8. Genesis 19:9 Lit the man, against Lot
9. Genesis 19:10 Lit hand
10. Genesis 19:10 Lit to
11. Genesis 19:11 Lit smote
12. Genesis 19:14 Or had married; lit were taking
13. Genesis 19:14 Lit like one who was jesting
14. Genesis 19:15 Or iniquity
15. Genesis 19:16 Lit hand
16. Genesis 19:17 Lit he
17. Genesis 19:17 Lit in all the circle
18. Genesis 19:17 Lit mountain
19. Genesis 19:19 Lit mountain
20. Genesis 19:20 Lit and my soul will live
21. Genesis 19:21 Lit thing
22. Genesis 19:22 I.e. small
23. Genesis 19:25 Lit circle
24. Genesis 19:28 Lit circle
25. Genesis 19:28 Lit kiln
26. Genesis 19:29 Lit circle
27. Genesis 19:30 Lit dwelt
28. Genesis 19:30 Lit mountain
29. Genesis 19:30 Lit dwell
30. Genesis 19:30 Lit dwelt
31. Genesis 19:31 Or in the land
32. Genesis 19:32 Lit seed from our father
33. Genesis 19:34 Lit seed from our father
34. Genesis 19:38 Heb Bene-Ammon

Cross references

1. Genesis 19:1 : Gen 18:2, 22
2. Genesis 19:1 : Gen 18:2-5
3. Genesis 19:3 : Gen 18:6-8
4. Genesis 19:4 : Gen 13:13; 18:20
5. Genesis 19:5 : Lev 18:22; Judg 19:22
6. Genesis 19:8 : Judg 19:24
7. Genesis 19:9 : Ex 2:14
8. Genesis 19:10 : Gen 19:1
9. Genesis 19:11 : Deut 28:28, 29; 2 Kin 6:18; Acts 13:11
10. Genesis 19:13 : Gen 18:20
11. Genesis 19:13 : Lev 26:30-33; Deut 4:26; 28:45; 1 Chr 21:15
12. Genesis 19:14 : Num 16:21, 45; Rev 18:4
13. Genesis 19:14 : Jer 43:1, 2
14. Genesis 19:16 : Deut 5:15; 6:21; 7:8; 2 Pet 2:7
15. Genesis 19:16 : Ex 34:7; Ps 32:10; 33:18, 19
16. Genesis 19:17 : Jer 48:6
17. Genesis 19:17 : Gen 19:26
18. Genesis 19:17 : Gen 13:10
19. Genesis 19:17 : Gen 14:10
20. Genesis 19:22 : Gen 13:10; 14:2
21. Genesis 19:24 : Deut 29:23; Ps 11:6; Is 13:19; Ezek 16:49, 50; Luke 17:29; Jude 7
22. Genesis 19:25 : Deut 29:23; Ps 107:34; Is 13:19; Lam 4:6; 2 Pet 2:6
23. Genesis 19:26 : Gen 19:17; Luke 17:32
24. Genesis 19:27 : Gen 18:22
25. Genesis 19:28 : Rev 9:2; 18:9
26. Genesis 19:29 : Deut 7:8; 9:5, 27
27. Genesis 19:29 : 2 Pet 2:7
28. Genesis 19:30 : Gen 19:17, 19
29. Genesis 19:31 : Gen 16:2, 4; 38:8; Deut 25:5
30. Genesis 19:32 : Luke 21:34
31. Genesis 19:37 : Deut 2:9
32. Genesis 19:38 : Deut 2:19