Genesis 18:4   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.

Genesis 18:5   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way-now that you have come to your servant." "Very well," they answered, "do as you say."

Genesis 18:9   (Read all of Genesis 18)

"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There, in the tent," he said.

Genesis 18:10   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Then one of them said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

Genesis 18:14   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 18:15   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

Genesis 18:23   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:24   (Read all of Genesis 18)

What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

Genesis 18:25   (Read all of Genesis 18)

Far be it from you to do such a thing-to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Genesis 18:28   (Read all of Genesis 18)

what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."

Genesis 19:2   (Read all of Genesis 19)

"My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet 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."

Genesis 19:4   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom-both young and old-surrounded the house.

Genesis 19:5   (Read all of Genesis 19)

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."

Genesis 19:8   (Read all of Genesis 19)

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."

Genesis 19:9   (Read all of Genesis 19)

"Get out of our way," they replied. "This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We'll treat you worse than them." They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

Genesis 19:11   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.

Genesis 19:12   (Read all of Genesis 19)

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? Get them out of here,

Genesis 19:15   (Read all of Genesis 19)

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 when the city is punished."

Genesis 19:17   (Read all of Genesis 19)

As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!"

Genesis 19:19   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die.

Genesis 19:21   (Read all of Genesis 19)

He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

Genesis 19:22   (Read all of Genesis 19)

But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

Genesis 19:31   (Read all of Genesis 19)

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.

Genesis 19:34   (Read all of Genesis 19)

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."