Verse 30
Genesis 19:30
New Living Translation
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Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעַל֩ ל֨וֹט מִ/צּ֜וֹעַר וַ/יֵּ֣שֶׁב בָּ/הָ֗ר וּ/שְׁתֵּ֤י בְנֹתָי/ו֙ עִמּ֔/וֹ כִּ֥י יָרֵ֖א לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת בְּ/צ֑וֹעַר וַ/יֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ בַּ/מְּעָרָ֔ה ה֖וּא וּ/שְׁתֵּ֥י בְנֹתָֽי/ו
English Translation
And Lot went up from Zoar and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters were with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
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Chapter 19 Context
1
That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and wh...
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“My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may the...
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But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with f...
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But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the c...
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They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us s...
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So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him.
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“Please, my brothers,” he begged, “don’t do such a wicked thing.
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Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wis...
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“Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our j...
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But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.
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Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up try...
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Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked...
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For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has r...
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So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The LORD is about to...
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At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and...
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When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and...
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When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t loo...
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“Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.
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19
“You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I ca...
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See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is?...
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“All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.
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But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that villa...
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Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.
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Then the LORD rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
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He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the...
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But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
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Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD’s pres...
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He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from t...
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But God (Elohim) had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster...
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30
Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in...
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One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area,...
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Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve o...
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So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with...
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The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last nigh...
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So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercour...
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As a result, both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their own father.
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When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the natio...
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When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi. He became the ancestor of the...
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