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I have two daughters who have never been married. I'll bring them out, and you can do what you want with them. But don't harm these men. They are guests in my home."

But the two angels in the house reached out and pulled Lot safely inside.

Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, "Hurry and get out of here! The Lord is going to destroy this city." But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.

At first, Lot just stood there. But the Lord wanted to save him. So the angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city.

Lot answered, "You have done us a great favor, sir. You have saved our lives, but please don't make us go to the hills. That's too far away. The city will be destroyed before we can get there, and we will be killed when it happens.

There's a town near here. It's only a small place, but my family and I will be safe, if you let us go there."

That night they got their father drunk, and the older daughter got in bed with him, but he was too drunk even to know she was there.

That night they got their father drunk, and this time the younger sister slept with him. But once again he was too drunk even to know she was there.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You have taken a married woman, and for this you will die!"

Her husband is a prophet. Let her go back to him, and his prayers will save you from death. But if you don't return her, you and all your people will die.

Besides, she is my half sister. We have the same father, but different mothers.

Meanwhile, God had kept Abimelech's wife and slaves from having children. But Abraham prayed, and God let them start having children again.

Who would have dared to tell Abraham that someday I would have a child? But in his old age, I have given him a son."

But God said, "Abraham, don't worry about your slave woman and the boy. Just do what Sarah tells you. Isaac will inherit your family name,

but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation."

Abraham put the wood on Isaac's shoulder, but he carried the hot coals and the knife. As the two of them walked along,

Isaac said, "Father, we have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?" "My son," Abraham answered, "God will provide the lamb." The two of them walked on, and

But the Lord 's angel shouted from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

"But sir," the man replied, "the property is worth only four hundred pieces of silver. Why should we haggle over such a small amount? Take the land. It's yours."

But the servant asked, "What if the young woman I choose refuses to leave home and come here with me? Should I send Isaac there to look for a wife?"