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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
which
am but
dust and ashes:
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Peradventure 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 and five, I will not destroy
it.
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And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he
said, I will not do
it
for forty’s sake.
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And he said
unto him,
Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I
will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do
it,
if I find
thirty there.
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And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure
there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy
it
for twenty’s sake.
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And he
said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be
found there. And he said, I will not destroy
it
for ten’s sake.
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And the L
ORD
went his way, as soon
as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
CHAPTER 19
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing
them
rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
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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 ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide
in the street all night.
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And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered
into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
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But before they lay down, the men of the city,
even
the men of Sodom, compassed the house
round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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And they called unto Lot, and said
unto him, Where
are
the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we
may know them.
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And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
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And said,
I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known
man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as
is
good in your eyes: only
unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
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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 pressed sore upon the man,
even
Lot,
and came near to break the door.
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But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house
to them, and shut to the door.
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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.
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And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy
daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring
them
out of this place:
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For we will destroy
this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the L
ORD
; and the L
ORD
hath
sent us to destroy it.
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And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
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