1And the two angels came to Sodom at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot saw them , and rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth; 2and he said, Behold now , my lords, turn aside , I pray you , into your servant ’s house , and tarry all night , and wash your feet , and ye shall rise up early , and go on your way . And they said, Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night . 3And he urged them greatly ; and they turned in unto him , and entered into his house ; and he made them a feast , and did bake unleavened bread , and they did eat. 4But before they lay down , the men of the city , even the men of Sodom , compassed the house round , both young and old , all the people from every quarter ; 5and they called unto Lot , and said unto him , Where are the men that came in to thee this night ? bring them out unto us , that we may know them . 6And Lot went out unto them to the door , and shut the door after him . 7And he said, I pray you , my brethren, do not so wickedly . 8Behold now , I have two daughters that have not known man ; let me , I pray you , bring them out unto you , and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto these men do nothing , forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof . 9And they said, Stand back . And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn , and he will needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee , than with them . And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot , and drew near to break the door . 10But the men put forth their hand , and brought Lot into the house to them , and shut to the door . 11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness , both small and great , so that they wearied themselves to find the door .
Lot's Plea and the Escape
12And the men said unto Lot , Hast thou here any besides ? son-in-law , and thy sons , and thy daughters , and whomsoever thou hast in the city , bring them out of the place : 13for we will destroy this place , because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah ; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it . 14And Lot went out , and spake unto his sons-in-law , who married his daughters , and said , Up , get you out of this place ; for Jehovah will destroy the city . But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked . 15And when the morning arose , then the angels hastened Lot , saying, Arise , take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here , lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city . 16But he lingered ; and the men laid hold upon his hand , and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters , Jehovah being merciful unto him : and they brought him forth , and set him without the city . 17And it came to pass , when they had brought them forth abroad , that he said , Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain ; escape to the mountain , lest thou be consumed . 18And Lot said unto them , Oh , not so , my lord: 19behold now , thy servant hath found favor in thy sight , and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness , which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain , lest evil overtake me , and I die : 20behold now , this city is near to flee unto , and it is a little one . Oh let me escape thither ( is it not a little one ?), and my soul shall live . 21And he said unto him , See , I have accepted thee concerning this thing also , that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken . 22Haste thee , escape thither ; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither . Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
The Destruction and Aftermath
23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar . 24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven ; 25and he overthrew those cities , and all the Plain , and all the inhabitants of the cities , and that which grew upon the ground. 26But his wife looked back from behind him , and she became a pillar of salt . 27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah : 28and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah , and toward all the land of the Plain , and beheld , and , lo , the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace . 29And it came to pass , when God destroyed the cities of the Plain , that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow , when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt .
The Incestuous Relations of Lot and His Daughters
30And Lot went up out of Zoar , and dwelt in the mountain , and his two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave , he and his two daughters . 31And the first-born said unto the younger , Our father is old , and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32come , let us make our father drink wine , and we will lie with him , that we may preserve seed of our father. 33And they made their father drink wine that night : and the first-born went in , and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down , nor when she arose . 34And it came to pass on the morrow , that the first-born said unto the younger , Behold , I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also ; and go thou in , and lie with him , that we may preserve seed of our father. 35And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger arose , and lay with him ; and he knew not when she lay down , nor when she arose . 36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37And the first-born bare a son , and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day . 38And the younger , she also bare a son , and called his name Ben-ammi : the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day .