1And there came two angels to Sodom at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground ; 2And he said , Behold now, my lords , turn in , 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 ways . And they said , Nay; but we will abide in the street all night . 3And he pressed upon 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 old and young , all the people from every quarter : 5And they called unto Lot , and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night ? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him , 7And said , I pray you, brethren , do not so wickedly . 8Behold now, I have two daughters which 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 ; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof . 9And they said , Stand back . And they said again , 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 came near to break the door . 10But the men put forth their hand , and pulled 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 whatsoever thou hast in the city , bring them out of this place : 13For we will destroy this place , because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD ; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 14And Lot went out , and spake unto his sons in law , which married his daughters , and said , Up , get you out of this place ; for the LORD will destroy this city . But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law . 15And when the morning arose , then the angels hastened Lot , saying , Arise , take thy wife , and thy two daughters , which are here ; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city . 16And while he lingered , the men laid hold upon his hand , and upon the hand of his wife , and upon the hand of his two daughters ; the LORD 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 grace in thy sight , and thou hast magnified thy mercy , which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain , lest some evil take 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 this city , for the which thou hast spoken . 22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing 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 entered into Zoar . 24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD 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 stood before the LORD : 28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah , and toward all the land of the plain , and beheld , and, lo, the smoke of the country 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 the 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 firstborn 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 firstborn went in , and lay with her father ; and he perceived not when she lay down , nor when she arose . 34And it came to pass on the morrow , that the firstborn 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 perceived not when she lay down , nor when she arose . 36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father . 37And the firstborn 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 .