Genesis 19 NLT NIV Parallel

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1That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.

1The 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“My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.” “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”

2"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."

3But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.

3But 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.

4But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.

4Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.

5They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

5They 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."

6So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him.

6Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him

7“Please, my brothers,” he begged, “don’t do such a wicked thing.

7and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

8Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”

8Look, 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“Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.

9"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.

10But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.

10But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.

11Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.

11Then 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.

12Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.

12The 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,

13For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the LORD, and he has sent us to destroy it.”

13because 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."

14So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fianc�s, “Quick, get out of the city! The LORD is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.

14So 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.

15At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”

15With 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."

16When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the LORD was merciful.

16When 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.

17When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

17As 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“Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.

18But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please!

19“You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.

19Your 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.

20See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”

20Look, 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“All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.

21He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

22But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)

22But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

23Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.

23By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

24Then the LORD rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.

24Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah--from the LORD out of the heavens.

25He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.

25Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities--and also the vegetation in the land.

26But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.

26But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD’s presence.

27Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.

28He 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.

29But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain. Lot and His Daughters

29So 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.

30Afterward 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.

30Lot 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.

31One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.

31One 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.

32Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”

32Let's get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father."

33So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

33That 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.

34The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”

34The 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."

35So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

35So 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.

36As a result, both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their own father.

36So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

37When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.

37The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

38When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.

38The 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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