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Genesis 19
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Genesis 19
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Lot Leaves Sodom
19 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting near the city gate. When he saw them, he got up and went to them and bowed facedown on the ground. 2 Lot said, “Sirs, please come to my house and spend the night. There you can wash your feet, and then tomorrow you may continue your journey.”
The angels answered, “No, we will spend the night in the city’s public square.”
3 But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.
4 Before bedtime, men both young and old and from every part of Sodom surrounded Lot’s house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the two men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sexual relations with them.”
6 Lot went outside to them, closing the door behind him. 7 He said, “No, my brothers! Do not do this evil thing. 8 Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don’t do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them.”
9 The men around the house answered, “Move out of the way!” Then they said to each other, “This man Lot came to our city as a stranger, and now he wants to tell us what to do!” They said to Lot, “We will do worse things to you than to them.” They started pushing him back and were ready to break down the door.
10 But the two men staying with Lot opened the door, pulled him back inside the house, and then closed the door. 11 They struck those outside the door with blindness, so the men, both young and old, could not find the door.
12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have any other relatives in this city? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or any other relatives? If you do, tell them to leave now, 13 because we are about to destroy this city. The Lord has heard of all the evil that is here, so he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, “Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!” But they thought Lot was joking.
15 At dawn the next morning, the angels begged Lot to hurry. They said, “Go! Take your wife and your two daughters with you so you will not be destroyed when the city is punished.”
16 But Lot delayed. So the two men took the hands of Lot, his wife, and his two daughters and led them safely out of the city. So the Lord was merciful to Lot and his family. 17 After they brought them out of the city, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Run to the mountains, or you will be destroyed.”
18 But Lot said to one of them, “Sir, please don’t force me to go so far! 19 You have been merciful and kind to me and have saved my life. But I can’t run to the mountains. The disaster will catch me, and I will die. 20 Look, that little town over there is not too far away. Let me run there. It’s really just a little town, and I’ll be safe there.”
21 The angel said to Lot, “Very well, I will allow you to do this also. I will not destroy that town. 22 But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar,[a] because it is little.)
Sodom and Gomorrah Are Destroyed
23 The sun had already come up when Lot entered Zoar. 24 The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah 25 and destroyed those cities. He also destroyed the whole Jordan Valley, everyone living in the cities, and even all the plants.
26 At that point Lot’s wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar of salt.
27 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
29 God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had asked. So God saved Lot’s life, but he destroyed the city where Lot had lived.
Lot and His Daughters
30 Lot was afraid to continue living in Zoar, so he and his two daughters went to live in the mountains in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old. Everywhere on the earth women and men marry, but there are no men around here for us to marry. 32 Let’s get our father drunk and have sexual relations with him. We can use him to have children and continue our family.”
33 That night the two girls got their father drunk, and the older daughter went and had sexual relations with him. But Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I had sexual relations with my father. Let’s get him drunk again tonight so you can go and have sexual relations with him, too. In this way we can use our father to have children to continue our family.” 35 So that night they got their father drunk again, and the younger daughter went and had sexual relations with him. Again, Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of all the Moabite people who are still living today. 38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the father of all the Ammonite people who are still living today.
Footnotes
- 19:22 Zoar This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “little.”
Génesis 19
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Génesis 19
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La corrupción de Sodoma
19 Al caer la tarde los dos mensajeros llegaron a Sodoma. Lot estaba sentado a la puerta de la ciudad. Al verlos se levantó para recibirlos, e inclinándose hasta el suelo, 2 les dijo:
— Por favor, señores míos, vengan a casa de su siervo, para que pasen en ella la noche y se laven los pies. Mañana por la mañana podrán continuar su camino.
Pero ellos respondieron:
— No; pasaremos la noche en la plaza.
3 Pero Lot insistió tanto que se fueron con él y entraron en su casa. Les preparó comida, coció panes sin levadura y ellos comieron.
4 Aún no se habían acostado, cuando los habitantes de la ciudad de Sodoma se agolparon alrededor de la casa: jóvenes y ancianos, allí estaban todos sin excepción. 5 Y gritaron a Lot:
— ¿Dónde están los hombres que han entrado esta noche en tu casa? Hazlos salir fuera para que tengamos relaciones sexuales con ellos.
6 Lot salió a la puerta y, después de cerrarla detrás de sí, 7 les dijo:
— Hermanos míos, les ruego que no cometan tal maldad. 8 Tengo dos hijas que aún son vírgenes; voy a traérlas para que hagan con ellas lo que quieran, pero no les hagan nada a estos hombres que están cobijados bajo mi techo.
9 Pero ellos le contestaron:
— ¡Quítate de ahí! Este individuo que ni siquiera es de aquí quiere ahora dárselas de juez. ¡Pues vamos a tratarte peor que a ellos!
Y empujándolo violentamente, trataron de echar abajo la puerta. 10 Pero los visitantes alargaron el brazo, metieron a Lot con ellos en la casa y cerraron la puerta, 11 Y a toda aquella gente que estaba agolpada a la puerta de la casa dejaron ciega, desde el más joven al más anciano, de modo que no eran capaces de encontrar la puerta.
La destrucción de Sodoma
12 Los visitantes dijeron a Lot:
— ¿Tienes más familiares aquí? Saca de este lugar a tus yernos, a tus hijos e hijas, y a todos los familiares que tengas en esta ciudad, 13 porque vamos a destruirla. La denuncia presentada ante el Señor contra ella es tan grave que el Señor nos envía a destruirla.
14 Entonces Lot salió a avisar a sus futuros yernos, los que se habían de casar con sus hijas, y les dijo:
— ¡Salgan de esta ciudad sin perder tiempo, porque el Señor va a destruirla!
Pero los yernos pensaron que Lot lo decía en broma. 15 Al amanecer los ángeles urgieron a Lot:
— ¡Deprisa! Toma a tu mujer y a tus dos hijas que están aquí si no quieren ser aniquilados junto con la ciudad.
16 Pero como Lot titubeaba, los mensajeros los agarraron de la mano, a él, a su mujer y a sus dos hijas, y los sacaron fuera de la ciudad, porque el Señor tuvo compasión de ellos. 17 Y mientras los sacaban fuera de la ciudad, uno de los ángeles le dijo:
— ¡Corre, ponte a salvo! No mires atrás ni te detengas para nada en el valle. Huye hacia las montañas, si no quieres morir.
18 Pero Lot les dijo:
— Eso no, por favor, Señor mío. 19 Tú has protegido a este siervo tuyo y has mostrado tu gran misericordia salvando mi vida, pero yo no puedo huir a las montañas, porque me alcanzaría la desgracia y moriría. 20 Fíjate, por favor, en esa ciudad que está aquí cerca y déjame refugiarme en ella, pues es insignificante —¿no es verdad que lo es?—. Déjame buscar refugio en ella para poner a salvo mi vida.
21 El ángel le respondió:
— Está bien, acepto tu petición. No destruiré la ciudad de que me hablas. 22 Pero, ¡anda! vete allá de una vez, porque no puedo hacer nada mientras no llegues allí.
Por eso a aquella ciudad se le dio el nombre de Soar.
23 Amanecía ya cuando Lot llegó a Soar. 24 Entonces el Señor desde el cielo hizo llover azufre y fuego sobre Sodoma y Gomorra. 25 Y destruyó estas ciudades y toda la llanura, todos los habitantes de las ciudades y la vegetación del campo. 26 En cuanto a la mujer de Lot, quedó convertida en estatua de sal por haber mirado hacia atrás.
27 Abrahán madrugó y volvió al lugar donde había estado hablando con el Señor. 28 Cuando dirigió su mirada hacia Sodoma y Gomorra y toda la región de la llanura, vio un humo que subía de la tierra, como el humo de un horno. 29 Así, cuando Dios destruyó las ciudades de la llanura, arrasando las ciudades donde había vivido Lot, se acordó de Abrahán y libró a Lot de la catástrofe.
Origen de los moabitas y de los amonitas
30 Después, por miedo a quedarse en Soar, Lot se fue con sus dos hijas a la región montañosa y se quedaron a vivir en una cueva. 31 Un día la hija mayor le dijo a la menor:
— Nuestro padre se va haciendo viejo y no han quedado hombres por esta región con quien podamos unirnos, como se hace en todas partes. 32 Ven, demos de beber vino a nuestro padre hasta que esté borracho y luego nos acostaremos con él; así tendremos descendencia de nuestro padre.
33 Aquella misma noche emborracharon a su padre con vino y la mayor se acostó con él, sin que el padre se diera cuenta de lo que pasó en toda la noche. 34 A la mañana siguiente, la mayor dijo a la menor:
— Yo ya me acosté anoche con mi padre. Esta noche volvemos a emborracharlo y te acuestas tú con él; así las dos tendremos hijos de nuestro padre.
35 Aquella misma noche volvieron a emborrachar con vino a su padre y, sin que este se diera cuenta, también su hija menor se acostó con él. 36 Así las dos hijas de Lot quedaron embarazadas de su padre. 37 La mayor tuvo un hijo, al que llamó Moab; es el padre de los actuales moabitas. 38 La menor también tuvo un hijo, al que llamó Ben Amí que es el padre de los actuales amonitas.
Genesis 19
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Genesis 19
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Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
19 The two angels(A) arrived at Sodom(B) in the evening, and Lot(C) was sitting in the gateway of the city.(D) When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.(E) 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet(F) and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”(G)
3 But he insisted(H) so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house.(I) He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast,(J) and they ate.(K) 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom(L)—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”(M)
6 Lot went outside to meet them(N) and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”(O)
9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner,(P) and now he wants to play the judge!(Q) We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men(R) inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness(S) so that they could not find the door.
12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you?(T) Get them out of here, 13 because we(U) are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great(V) that he has sent us to destroy it.”(W)
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!(X)” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.(Y)
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away(Z) when the city is punished.(AA)”
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters(AB) and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.(AC) 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!(AD) Don’t look back,(AE) and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!(AF) Flee to the mountains(AG) or you will be swept away!”
18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords,[b] please! 19 Your[c] servant has found favor in your[d] eyes,(AH) and you[e] have shown great kindness(AI) to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains;(AJ) this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request(AK) too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.[f](AL))
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar,(AM) the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(AN) on Sodom and Gomorrah(AO)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(AP) 25 Thus he overthrew those cities(AQ) and the entire plain,(AR) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(AS) 26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(AT) and she became a pillar of salt.(AU)
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.(AV) 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.(AW)
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain,(AX) he remembered(AY) Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe(AZ) that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.(BA)
Lot and His Daughters
30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar(BB) and settled in the mountains,(BC) for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line(BD) through our father.”(BE)
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(BF)
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”(BG) 35 So they got their father to drink wine(BH) that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(BI)
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.(BJ) 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[g];(BK) he is the father of the Moabites(BL) of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[h]; he is the father of the Ammonites[i](BM) of today.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:14 Or were married to
- Genesis 19:18 Or No, Lord; or No, my lord
- Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.
- Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.
- Genesis 19:38 Ben-Ammi means son of my father’s people.
- Genesis 19:38 Hebrew Bene-Ammon
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