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Genesis 19:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord. "
Genesis 19:18
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16 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, the LORD being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.
17 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!”
18 Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.
19 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
20 See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”
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Genesis 19:1
"The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,"
Genesis 19:2
"and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”"
Genesis 19:3
"He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate."
Genesis 19:4
"But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter."
Genesis 19:5
"They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”"
Genesis 19:6
"Lot went out to them through the door, and shut the door after himself."
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