18 (27) And Avraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

(28) perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And He said, If I find there forty five, I will not destroy it.

(29) And he spoke to him yet again, and said, perhaps there shall be forty found there. And He said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake.

(30) And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: perhaps there shall thirty be found there. And He said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

(31) And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: perhaps there shall be twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.

(32) And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: perhaps ten shall be found there.

(33) And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten. And the Lord went His way, as soon as He had left speaking to Avraham: and Avraham returned to his place.

19 (1) And there came two angels to Sedom at evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sedom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the ground;

(2) and 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 you may rise up early, and go your ways. And they said, No; but we will abide in the street all night.

(3) And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

(4) But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sedom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

(5) and they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? bring them out to us, that we may know them.

(6) And Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him,

(7) And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

(8) Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men do nothing; seeing that they have come under the shadow of my roof.

(9) And 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 strongly urged the man, Lot, and came near to break the door.

(10) But the men put out their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

(11) And 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.

(12) And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

(13) for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has grown great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.

(14) And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons in law as one that jested.

(15) And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, who are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

(16) And 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 to him: and they brought him out, and set him outside the city.

(17) And it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, 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.

(18) And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

(19) behold now, thy servant has found favour in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown to me in saving my life; I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: