Genesis 19:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶ And while he lingered, the men ^(A)took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the ^(B)Lord being merciful to him, ^(C)and they brought him out and set him outside the city. ¹⁷ So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that ^[a]he said, ^(D)“Escape for your life! ^(E)Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape ^(F)to the mountains, lest you be ^[b]destroyed.”

¹⁸ Then Lot said to them, “Please, ^(G)no, my lords!