Genesis 19

vayyavo'u shene hammalakhim sedomah ba'erev velot yoshev besha'ar-sedom vayyar-lot vayyaqom liqratam vayyishtakhu appayim aretsah

The two angels arrived in Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to greet them and, bowing low with his face to the ground,

vayyomer hinneh na-adonay suru na el-bet avdekhem velinu verakhatsu raglekhem vehishkamtem vahalakhtem ledarkekhem vayyomeru lo ki varekhov nalin

he said, “Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house to spend the night, and bathe your feet; then you may be on your way early.” But they said, “No, we will spend the night in the square.”

vayyiftsar-bam me'od vayyasuru elayw vayyavo'u el-beto vayya'as lahem mishteh umatsot afah vayyokhelu

But he urged them strongly, so they turned his way and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

terem yishkavu ve'anshe ha'ir anshe sedom nasabbu al-habbayit minna'ar ve'ad-zaqen kol-ha'am miqqatseh

They had not yet lain down, when the townsmen, the men of Sodom—young and old, the whole entire body—gathered about the house.

vayyiqre'u el-lot vayyomeru lo ayyeh ha'anashim asher-ba'u elekha hallayelah hotsi'em elenu venede'ah otam

And they shouted to Lot and said to him, “Where are the ones who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may be intimate with them.”

vayyetse alehem lot happetkhah vehaddelet sagar akharayw

So Lot went out to them to the entrance, shut the door behind him,

vayyomar al-na akhay tare'u

and said, “I beg you, my friends, do not commit such a wrong.

hinneh-na li shete vanot asher lo-yade'u ish otsi'ah-nna ethen alekhem va'asu lahen kattov be'enekhem raq la'anashim ha'el al-ta'asu davar ki-al-ken ba'u betsel qorati

Look, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you please; but do not do anything to the others, since they have come under the shelter of my roof.”

vayyomeru gesh-hale'ah vayyomeru ha'ekhad ba-lagur vayyishpot shafot attah nara lekha mehem vayyiftseru va'ish belot me'od vayyiggeshu lishbor haddalet

But they said, “Stand back! The fellow,” they said, “came here as an alien, and already he acts the ruler! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” And they pressed hard against the man—against Lot—and moved forward to break the door.

vayyishlekhu ha'anashim et-yadam vayyavi'u et-lot alehem habbayetah ve'et-haddelet sagaru

But the others reached out and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

ve'et-ha'anashim asher-petakh habbayit hikku bassanverim miqqaton ve'ad-gadol vayyilu limtso happatakh

And those who were at the entrance of the house, low and high alike, they struck with blinding light, so that they were helpless to find the entrance.

vayyomeru ha'anashim el-lot od mi-lekha foh khatan uvanekha uvenotekha vekhol asher-lekha ba'ir hotse min-hammaqom

Then the agents said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? In-laws, your sons and daughters [themselves]—anyone else that you have in the city—bring them out of the place.

ki-mashkhitim anakhnu et-hammaqom hazzeh ki-godlah tsa'aqatam et-pene Adonai vayeshallekhenu Adonai leshakhatah

For we are about to destroy this place; because the outcry against them before GOD has become so great that GOD has sent us to destroy it.”

vayyetse lot vayedabber el-khatanayw loqekhe venotayw vayyomer qumu tse'u min-hammaqom hazzeh ki-mashkhit Adonai et-ha'ir vayehi khimtsakheq be'ene khatanayw

So Lot went out and spoke to his in-laws who had married his daughters, and said, “Up, get out of this place, for GOD is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who jests.

ukhemo hashakhar alah vayya'itsu hammalakhim belot lemor qum qakh et-ishtekha ve'et-shete venotekha hannimtsa'ot pen-tissafeh ba'avon ha'ir

As dawn broke, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two remaining daughters, lest you be swept away because of the iniquity of the city.”

vayyitmahmah vayyakhaziqu ha'anashim beyado uveyad-ishto uveyad shete venotayw bekhemlat Adonai alayw vayyotsi'uhu vayyannikhuhu mikhuts la'ir

Still he delayed. So the agents seized his hand, and the hands of his wife and his two daughters—in GOD’s mercy on him—and brought him out and left him outside the city.

vayehi khehotsi'am otam hakhutsah vayyomer himmalet al-nafshekha al-tabbit akharekha ve'al-ta'amod bekhol-hakkikkar haharah himmalet pen-tissafeh

When they had brought them outside, one said, “Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, lest you be swept away.”

vayyomer lot alehem al-na adonay

But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lord!

hinneh-na matsa avdekha khen be'enekha vattagdel khasdekha asher asita immadi lehakhayot et-nafshi ve'anokhi lo ukhal lehimmalet haharah pen-tidbaqani hara'ah vamatti

You have been so gracious to your servant, and have already shown me so much kindness in order to save my life; but I cannot flee to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

hinneh-na ha'ir hazzot qerovah lanus shammah vehiv mitsar immaletah na shammah halo mitsar hiv utekhi nafshi

Look, that town there is near enough to flee to; it is such a little place! Let me flee there—it is such a little place—and let my life be saved.”

vayyomer elayw hinneh nasati fanekha gam laddavar hazzeh levilti hofki et-ha'ir asher dibbarta

He replied, “Very well, I will grant you this favor too, and I will not annihilate the town of which you have spoken.

maher himmalet shammah ki lo ukhal la'asot davar ad-bo'akha shammah al-ken qara shem-ha'ir tso'ar

Hurry, flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Hence the town came to be called Zoar.

hashemesh yatsa al-ha'arets velot ba tso'arah

As the sun rose upon the earth and Lot entered Zoar,

va-Adonai himtir al-sedom ve'al-amorah gofrit va'esh me'et Adonai min-hashamayim

GOD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulfurous fire from GOD out of heaven—

vayyahafokh et-he'arim ha'el ve'et kol-hakkikkar ve'et kol-yosheve he'arim vetsemakh ha'adamah

annihilating those cities and the entire Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation of the ground.

vattabbet ishto me'akharayw vattehi netsiv melakh

Lot’s wife looked back, and she thereupon turned into a pillar of salt.

vayyashkem avraham babboqer el-hammaqom asher-amad sham et-pene Adonai

Next morning, Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood before GOD,

vayyashqef al-pene sedom va'amorah ve'al-kol-pene erets hakkikkar vayyar vehinneh alah qitor ha'arets keqitor hakkivshan

and, looking down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the Plain, he saw the smoke of the land rising like the smoke of a kiln.

vayehi beshakhet elohim et-are hakkikkar vayyizkor elohim et-avraham vayeshallakh et-lot mittokh hahafekhah bahafokh et-he'arim asher-yashav bahen lot

Thus it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain and annihilated the cities where Lot dwelt, God was mindful of Abraham and removed Lot from the midst of the upheaval.

vayya'al lot mitso'ar vayyeshev bahar ushete venotayw immo ki yare lashevet betso'ar vayyeshev bamme'arah hu ushete venotayw

Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar; and he and his two daughters lived in a cave.

vattomer habbekhirah el-hatse'irah avinu zaqen ve'ish en ba'arets lavo alenu kederekh kol-ha'arets

And the older one said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is nobody else on earth to consort with us in the way of all the world.

lekhah nashqeh et-avinu yayin venishkevah immo unekhayyeh me'avinu zara

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him, that we may maintain life through our father.”

vattashqena et-avihen yayin ballaylah hu vattavo habbekhirah vattishkav et-aviha velo-yada beshikhvah uvequׄmah

That night they made their father drink wine, and the older one went in and lay with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she rose.

vayehi mimmokhorat vattomer habbekhirah el-hatse'irah hen-shakhavti emesh et-avi nashqennu yayin gam-hallaylah uvo'i shikhvi immo unekhayyeh me'avinu zara

The next day the older one said to the younger, “See, I lay with Father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go and lie with him, that we may maintain life through our father.”

vattashqena gam ballaylah hahu et-avihen yayin vattaqom hatse'irah vattishkav immo velo-yada beshikhvah uvequmah

That night also they made their father drink wine, and the younger one went and lay with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she rose.

vattaharena shete venot-lot me'avihen

Thus the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

vatteled habbekhirah ben vattiqra shemo mo'av hu avi-mo'av ad-hayyom

The older one bore a son and named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

vehatse'irah gam-hiv yaledah ben vattiqra shemo ben-ammi hu avi vene-ammon ad-hayyom

And the younger also bore a son, and she called him Ben-ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.