Verse 11
Genesis 19:11
Free Bible Version
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Then they made all the men in the doorway, young and old, suddenly go blind so they couldn't find the door.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְֽ/אֶת הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֞ים אֲשֶׁר פֶּ֣תַח הַ/בַּ֗יִת הִכּוּ֙ בַּ/סַּנְוֵרִ֔ים מִ/קָּטֹ֖ן וְ/עַד גָּד֑וֹל וַ/יִּלְא֖וּ לִ/מְצֹ֥א הַ/פָּֽתַח
English Translation
And the men who were at the entrance of the house struck with blindness from small to great, so that they could not find the entrance.
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Chapter 19 Context
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The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot happened to be sitting at the entrance to Sodom,...
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“Sirs, please come and stay with me for the night,” he said. “You can wash your feet and then be on...
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But Lot insisted, and they went with him to his house. He made them a meal and baked bread for them...
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But they hadn't even gone to bed before the men of Sodom, young and old, from every part of town, ca...
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They shouted out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out here t...
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Lot went out to talk to them in the doorway, closing the door behind him.
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“My friends, please don't do such an evil thing!
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Listen, I've got two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever...
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“Out of our way!” they shouted. “Who do you think you are, coming to live here and now trying to jud...
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But the men inside reached out and grabbed Lot, dragged him inside, and slammed the door shut.
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Then they made all the men in the doorway, young and old, suddenly go blind so they couldn't find th...
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The two men asked Lot, “Is there anyone else here who's part of your family—sons-in-law, or sons or...
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because we are about to destroy this place. The complaints that have reached the Lord about its peop...
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Lot went immediately to speak to the men who were engaged to marry his daughters. “Get up quickly an...
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At dawn, the angels begged Lot to be quick, telling him, “Hurry up! Leave right now with your wife a...
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But Lot hesitated. The men grabbed his hand, and those of his wife and two daughters, and dragged th...
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As soon as they were outside, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back, and don't s...
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“Please sir, not that!” Lot replied.
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“If you don't mind, since you have already been so kind to me by saving my life, don't make me run t...
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Look, there's a town nearby that's close enough to run to, and it's so small. Please let me run ther...
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“Fine—I'll do as you ask,” he replied. “I won't destroy this town you've mentioned.
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But hurry up and run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there.” (This is why t...
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He completely destroyed the towns and all their inhabitants, the whole valley and everything growing...
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But Lot's wife, who was lagging behind, looked back, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
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He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley floor, and saw the land burning, sending u...
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When God (Elohim) destroyed the towns of the valley he didn't forget the promise he made Abraham, an...
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Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left town and went to live in a cave in the mountains with his...
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Sometime later the older daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is growing old, and there's n...
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Come on, let's get our father drunk with wine and sleep with him so we can keep his family line goin...
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So they got their father drunk with wine that night. The older daughter went and slept with him, and...
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The next day the older daughter said to the younger one, “Last night I slept with our father. Let's...
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So once again that night they got their father drunk with wine and the younger daughter went and sle...
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The older daughter had a son, and she called him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
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The younger daughter had a son too, and she called him Ben-ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites...
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