Genesis 19:10 — Genesis 19:29

10 But the men stretched out their hand and brought Lot into the house to them and shut the door.

11 And they struck the men who were at the entrance of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the entrance.

12 And the men said to Lot, Whom else do you have here? A son-in-law or your sons and your daughters or anyone you have in the city – bring them out of the place.

13 For we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before Jehovah that Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Rise up; go forth from this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But it seemed to his sons-in-law as though he were joking.

15 And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Rise up; take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be destroyed in the iniquity of the city.

16 But he lingered; so the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

17 And when they had brought them outside, He said, Escape for your life. Do not look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the hills, lest you be destroyed.

18 And Lot said to them, May it not be so, Lord;

19 Even though Your servant has found favor in Your sight, and You have magnified Your lovingkindness, which You have showed to me in preserving my life; I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

20 Here, this city is nearby to flee to, and it is a little one. Please let me escape there – is it not a little one? – and I shall live.

21 And He said to him, I now grant you this request also, that I will not overthrow the city concerning which you have spoken.

22 Hurry, escape there; for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven.

25 And He overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 And Abraham rose up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Jehovah.

28 And he looked down upon Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the land of the plain. And as he looked, there it was: the smoke of the land was going up like the smoke of a furnace.

29 And when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the middle of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities among which Lot dwelt.

Genesis 18:23 — Genesis 19:9

23 And Abraham came near and said, Will You indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

25 Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justly?

26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.

27 And Abraham answered and said, Now behold, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.

28 Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.

29 And he spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose forty are found there? And He said, I will not do it because of forty.

30 And he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there? And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

31 And he said, Now behold, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it because of twenty.

32 And he said, Oh let the Lord not be angry if I speak yet once more. Suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it because of ten.

33 And Jehovah went away as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

CHAPTER 19

1 And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And when Lot saw them, he rose up to meet them and bowed with his face to the ground.

2 And he said, Now, my lords, please turn aside here to your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you can rise up early and go on your way. But they said, No; we will spend the night in the square.

3 But he urged them strongly, and they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

5 And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them.

6 And Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him.

7 And he said, Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

8 I have here two daughters who have not known a man. Please, let me bring them out to you, and do to them as is fitting in your eyes; only do not do anything to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.

9 But they said, Stand aside. Then they said, This one came here to sojourn, and already he is acting like a judge. Now we will treat you worse than we would have them. And they pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near in order to break down the door.

Genesis 18:2 — Genesis 18:22

2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and there were three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them. And he bowed down to the earth

3 And said, My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass on from Your servant.

4 Please let a little water be fetched, and do wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

5 And let me fetch a morsel of bread that you may sustain yourselves. After that you may pass on, since you have come to your servant. So they said, Do as you have said.

6 And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make cakes.

7 And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

8 And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, There, in the tent.

10 And He said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and then Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind Him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah according to the manner of women.

12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

13 And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am old?

14 Is anything too marvelous for Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.

16 And the men rose up from there and looked down upon Sodom; and Abraham walked with them to send them away.

17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

18 Since Abraham will indeed become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of Jehovah by doing righteousness and justice, that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.

20 And Jehovah said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah, how great it is; and their sin, how very heavy it is!

21 I shall go down and see whether they have done altogether according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.

22 And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before Jehovah.

Genesis 17:9 — Genesis 18:1

9 And God said to Abraham, And as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

10 This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between Me and you.

12 And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised; thus My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 But as for the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

16 And I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her. Indeed, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come forth from her.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face and laughed and said in his heart, Will a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before You!

19 But God said, No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; indeed, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly: twelve princes will he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.

22 And when He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the very same day, as God had said to him.

24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 On the very same day Abraham was circumcised as well as Ishmael his son.

27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

CHAPTER 18

1 And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.

Genesis 16:1 — Genesis 17:8

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian female servant, whose name was Hagar.

2 And Sarai said to Abram, Because Jehovah has prevented me from bearing, please go in to my female servant; perhaps I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3 So after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her female servant, and gave her to Abram her husband to be a wife.

4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave my female servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May Jehovah judge between me and you.

6 And Abram said to Sarai, Your female servant is now in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes. So Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from before her.

7 And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8 And He said, Hagar, Sarai’s female servant, where did you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from before my mistress Sarai.

9 And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

10 And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will greatly multiply your seed so that it will not be counted for multitude.

11 And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, You have now conceived And will bear a son, And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because Jehovah has heard of your affliction.

12 And he will be a wild ass of a man; His hand will be against everyone, And everyone’s hand, against him; And he will settle down opposite all his brothers.

13 And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, You are a God who reveals Himself, for she said, Do I even remain here after He has revealed Himself to me?

14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; there it is, between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

CHAPTER 17

1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the All-sufficient God; Walk before Me, and be perfect.

2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly.

3 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for Me, this is My covenant with you, And you shall become the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Your name shall no longer be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.

7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your seed after you.

8 And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.