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Genesis 17-25 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 00:56, November 17, 2009
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|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;
|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;
|The two visitors, who were really angels, got to Sodom that evening. Lot was sitting by the city entrance, and when he saw them he got up and gave them a low bow of respect.
|Two Messengers of God came to Sodom that evening. [[Lot]] was on the city council of Sodom at the time. As soon as he saw them he got up and gave them a low bow of respect.
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|The [[Hebrew]] word '''מלאכ''' (''malak'') means "messenger," same as the Greek '''αγγελικος''' (''angelikos''), whence [[angel]]. The expression "to sit in the gate" can mean either to be a councillor or to do business before official witnesses, much as modern people transact business before notaries public or justices of the peace.
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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.
|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.
|And Lot said "Gentlemen, please come to my humble home and stay there for the night. You can wash up, and get up early tomorrow to keep on your trip. And the angels said "No thank-you, we'll just sleep in the streets."
|And Lot said, "Gentlemen, please come to my humble home and stay there for the night. You can wash up, and get up early tomorrow and be on your way." And they said "No thank-you, we'll just sleep in the streets."
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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.
|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.
|But Lot insisted, so they came home with them, and he cooked them a huge meal with fresh ''matzoh'' bread, and they had dinner together.
|But Lot insisted, so they came with him into his house, and he cooked them a huge meal with fresh ''matzoh'' bread, and they had dinner together.
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|The Hebrew '''מצות''' (''matzah'') literally means "made without [[yeast]]." [[Moses]] would institute the Feast of [[Passover]] with this "bread of haste" centuries later.
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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:
|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:
|But before they went to bed, the Sodomites, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.
|But before they could go to bed, the Sodomites, young and old, came from every neighborhood of the city and surrounded the house.
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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.
|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.
|They shouted to Lot, "where are the men who came to visit you tonight? Hand them over, so we can rape them."
|They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to visit you tonight? Hand them over, so we can rape them."
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|And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
|And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
|Lot went out to talk to them, carefully locking the door behind them.
|Lot went out to talk to them, carefully locking the door behind him.
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|And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
|And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
|He said "Neighbors, please! Don't commit such a terrible crime!"
|He said, "Neighbors, please! Don't commit such a terrible crime!"
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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.
|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.
|Look, I have two virgin daughters, and I'll give them to you and you can do whatever you want to them if you just promise me you'll leave these men alone. They're my guests and I'm honor-bound to protect them.
|"Look, I have two virgin daughters, and I'll give them to you and you can do whatever you want to them if you just promise me you'll leave these men alone. They're my guests and I'm honor-bound to protect them."
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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.
|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.
|The Sodomites said, "Stand aside. You're new around here and you think you can tell us what to do? Now we'll be harder on you than on them." They mobbed Lot, and almost broke the door down.
|The Sodomites said, "Come here, you!" Further, they said to one another, "This man comes in as a guest of our city, and now is acting like our judge! Now we'll deal worse with you than with them." They mobbed Lot, and almost broke the door down.
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|The Hebrew word traditionally translated "stand back" actually means "come closer."
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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.
|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.
|Using God's power, they flashed a bright light and blinded every one of the Sodomite rapists, so they couldn't even find the door and got tired trying.
|Then they dazzled every one of the Sodomites at the door with a bright flash of light, that affected small and great one alike, so they couldn't even find the door and got tired trying.
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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:
|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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|Then the men said to Lot, "Have you any relatives here besides yourself? Fetch your sons, your sons-in-law, your daughters, and everything you have in the city, and 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 LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
|For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
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|"We're going to destroy this place, because the outcry against them has swelled greatly in the sight of the [[YHWH|L<small>ORD</small>]], and the L<small>ORD</small> has sent us to destroy it completely."
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|And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
|And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
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|Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters. He said, "Wake up! Get out of this place! The L<small>ORD</small> is going to destroy this city completely!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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|And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
|And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
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|With the coming of the dawn, the Messengers hurried Lot. They said, "Get up, take your wife and your two daughters that are here, if you don't want to be swept up in the city's destruction."
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|The word used for "here" literally means "found." Many other languages ([[French]], for example) use an expression that translates as "to be found" to mean "to be [located]."
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|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 unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
|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 unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
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|Lot dallied, so the Messengers grabbed Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand, because the L<small>ORD</small> had determined to spare them, and they hustled them out and set them outside the city.
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|And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, 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.
|And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, 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.
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|Finally, when they had brought everyone out, they said, "Now run for your lives! Don't look behind you, and don't stay in the basin. Escape into the mountain, or you will be burned up!"
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|And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
|And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
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|And Lot told them, "Wait! Please, my Lord, I can't do that!"
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|Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
|Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
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|"Look, I'm sure I've found grace in your sight, and I really appreciate your magnificent kindness in saving my life. But I can't escape to the mountain! Some evil might overtake me, and I'll die trying!"
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|Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
|Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
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|"Look now: here's a city close enough to flee to, and a little one. Please let me escape there; it's only a little city, and I can make it there and live."
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|And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
|And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
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|And He told him, "All right, I'll grant you this favor also, that I won't destroy this city that you spoke about."
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|Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
|Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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|"Now hurry and escape there, because I can do nothing until you have gotten there." For that reason the city was named Zoar.
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|Or literally, "Littletown."
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|The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
|The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
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|The sun had risen high when Lot entered Zoar.
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|Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
|Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
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|Then the L<small>ORD</small> caused burning sulfur to fall from the L<small>ORD</small> out of the sky,
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|And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
|And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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|and He utterly destroyed those cities, and the entire basin, and all who lived in the cities, and everything that grew on the ground.
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|But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
|But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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|But Lot's wife look back behind him, and was transformed into a monument of [[salt]].
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|And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
|And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
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|[[Abraham]] got up in the early morning to the place where he had stood in front of the L<small>ORD</small>.
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|And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
|And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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|He gazed on the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the land of the valley, and stared. A great fume went up from that land, like the fumes from a lime kiln.
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|And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
|And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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|It happened that when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and had Lot brought out from the path of destruction, when He totally destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
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|And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
|And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
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|Then Lot left Zoar and came to live in the mountain, with his two daughters, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.
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|And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
|And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
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|Then the elder daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there's not a man left on earth to be intimate with."
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|Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
|Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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|"Come on, let's give our father wine to drink, and we'll be intimate with him, so that we can keep our father's line alive."
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|This is one of the rare contexts in which one may reasonably infer that the wine ([[Hebrew]] '''יין''' (''yayin'') was intoxicating.
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|And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
|And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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|So they gave their father wine to drink that night. Then the elder daughter lay down with their father, and he did not even know when she lay down beside him, or when she got up.
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|And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
|And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
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|And so the next day, the elder said to the younger, "Look, I was intimate last night with my father. Now let's give him wine to drink tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, so that we can keep our father's line alive."
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|And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
|And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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|So they gave their father wine to drink that night as well. Then the younger one got up and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down, nor when she got up.
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|Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
|Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
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|In that way, both daughters became pregnant by their father.
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|And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
|And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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|The firstborn bore a son, and named him [[Moab]]; he is the progenitor of the modern Moabites.
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|And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
|And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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|The younger also bore a son, and named him Ben-Ammi; his is the progenitor of the modern [[Ammon]]ites.
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|The city of [[Amman]], capital of [[Jordan]], is named after this tribe.
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