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So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before the LORD, and yet I am but dust and ashes;

But Lot urged them greatly; and they turned in to him and entered into his house; and he made them a feast and baked unleavened cakes and they ate.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, that is, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people of the town;

But the men put forth their hands and pulled Lot into the house to them and locked the door.

Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who married his daughters, and said, Arise, get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy it. But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

But Lot lingered; then the angels held his hand, the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, because the LORD pitied him; and they took him out and set him outside the city.

And it came to pass when they had brought them out of the city, they said to Lot: Now escape for your life; do not look back nor stop anywhere in the plain, but flee to the mountain lest you be consumed.

Behold now, your servant has found mercy in your sight, and great is the favor which you have shown to me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me and I die;

But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a pillar of salt.

But God came to Abimeleck in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, you will die on account of the woman whom you have taken; for she is another mans wife.

But Abimeleck had not touched her; and he said, O LORD, wilt thou slay an innocent people?

Now therefore restore the mans wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live; but if you do not restore her, then know that you will surely die, you, and all your family.

And yet truly she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Now therefore swear to me by God in this place that you will never deal falsely with me, nor with my family, nor with my descendants; but according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me and to the land wherein you have sojourned.

And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father. And he answered. Here I am, my son. And Isaac said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

But that you will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

And there was set food before them to eat; but Abrahams steward said, I will not eat until I have told my errand. And they said, Speak on.

But you shall go to my fathers house and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son.

But to the sons of his concubine, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac, his son, eastward to the east country, while he was still alive.