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But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.

Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."

But the two men staying with Lot opened the door, pulled him back inside the house, and then closed the door.

So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!" But they thought Lot was joking.

But Lot delayed. So the two men took the hands of Lot, his wife, and his two daughters and led them safely out of the city. So the Lord was merciful to Lot and his family.

But Lot said to one of them, "Sir, please don't force me to go so far!

You have been merciful and kind to me and have saved my life. But I can't run to the mountains. The disaster will catch me, and I will die.

But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)

God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had asked. So God saved Lot's life, but he destroyed the city where Lot had lived.

One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old. Everywhere on the earth women and men marry, but there are no men around here for us to marry.

That night the two girls got their father drunk, and the older daughter went and had sexual relations with him. But Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You will die. The woman you took is married."

But Abimelech had not gone near Sarah, so he said, "Lord, would you destroy an innocent nation?

Give Abraham his wife back. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will not die. But if you do not give Sarah back, you and all your family will surely die."

And it is true that she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but she is not the daughter of my mother.

No one thought that I would be able to have Abraham's child, but even though Abraham is old I have given him a son."

But Sarah saw Ishmael making fun of Isaac. (Ishmael was the son of Abraham by Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian slave.)

But God said to Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you. The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac.

But Abimelech said, "I don't know who did this. You never told me about this before today."

Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and gave it to his son to carry, but he himself took the knife and the fire. So he and his son went on together.