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Published: April 23, 2024, 5 a.m.

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GENESIS 19

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Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

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1 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.\\xa02 \\u201cMy lords,\\u201d he said, \\u201cplease turn aside to your servant\\u2019s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.\\u201d \\u201cNo,\\u201d they answered, \\u201cwe will spend the night in the square.\\u201d

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3 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.\\xa04 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom\\u2014both young and old\\u2014surrounded the house.\\xa05 They called to Lot, \\u201cWhere are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.\\u201d

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6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him\\xa07 and said, \\u201cNo, my friends. Don\\u2019t do this wicked thing.\\xa08 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\\u2019t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.\\u201d 9 \\u201cGet out of our way,\\u201d they replied. \\u201cThis fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We\\u2019ll treat you worse than them.\\u201d They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

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10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.\\xa011 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 The two men said to Lot, \\u201cDo you have anyone else here\\u2014sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,\\xa013 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the\\xa0Lord\\xa0against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.\\u201d

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14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry\\xa0his daughters. He said, \\u201cHurry and get out of this place, because the\\xa0Lord\\xa0is about to destroy the city!\\u201d But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. 15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, \\u201cHurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.\\u201d 16 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\\xa0Lord\\xa0was merciful to them.\\xa017 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, \\u201cFlee for your lives! Don\\u2019t look back, and don\\u2019t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!\\u201d

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18 But Lot said to them, \\u201cNo, my lords,\\xa0please!\\xa019 Your\\xa0servant has found favor in your\\xa0eyes, and you\\xa0have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can\\u2019t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I\\u2019ll die.\\xa020 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it\\u2014it is very small, isn\\u2019t it? Then my life will be spared.\\u201d

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Source: \\u2060https://www.bible.com/bible/111/GEN.19.NIV\\u2060

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