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But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.

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

Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof."

But they said, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.

And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.

But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away."

So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my clan. And if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'

And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, "Send me away to my master."

They said, "Let us call the young woman and ask her."

And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."

So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.