But he urged them strongly, and they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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;

And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them.

And Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him.

And he said, Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

I have here two daughters who have not known a man. Please, let me bring them out to you, and do to them as is fitting in your eyes; only do not do anything to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.

But they said, Stand aside. Then they said, This one came here to sojourn, and already he is acting like a judge. Now we will treat you worse than we would have them. And they pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near in order to break down the door.

But the men stretched out their hand and brought Lot into the house to them and shut the door.

And they struck the men who were at the entrance of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the entrance.

And the men said to Lot, Whom else do you have here? A son-in-law or your sons and your daughters or anyone you have in the city — bring them out of the place.

For we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before Jehovah that Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Rise up; go forth from this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But it seemed to his sons-in-law as though he were joking.

And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Rise up; take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be destroyed in the iniquity of the city.

But he lingered; so the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

And when they had brought them outside, He said, Escape for your life. Do not look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the hills, lest you be destroyed.

And Lot said to them, May it not be so, Lord;

Even though Your servant has found favor in Your sight, and You have magnified Your lovingkindness, which You have showed to me in preserving my life; I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

Here, this city is nearby to flee to, and it is a little one. Please let me escape there — is it not a little one? — and I shall live.

And He said to him, I now grant you this request also, that I will not overthrow the city concerning which you have spoken.

Hurry, escape there; for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.