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And they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "Here, in the tent."

Then the men set out from there, and they looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham went with them to send them on their way.

For I have chosen him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they will keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he said to him."

I will go down and I will see. Have they done altogether according to its cry of distress which has come to me? If not, I will know."

And he said, "Behold, my lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you can rise early and go on your way." And they said, "No, but we will spend the night in the square."

But he urged them strongly, and they turned aside with him and came into his house. And he made a meal for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Before they laid 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 and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them."

But they said, "Step aside!" Then they said, "This fellow came to dwell as a foreigner and he acts as a judge! Now we shall do worse to you than them!" And they pressed very hard against the man, against Lot, and they drew near to break the door.

Then the men reached out with their hands and brought Lot in to them, into the house, and they shut the door.

And the men who were at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, both small and great, and they were unable to find the entrance.

But when he lingered, the men seized him by his hand and his wife's hand, and his two daughters by hand, on account of the mercy of Yahweh upon him. And they brought him out and set him outside of the city.

And they gave their father wine to drink that night, and the firstborn went and lay with her father, but he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

And they gave their father wine to drink again that night, and the younger got up and lay with him, but he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

And Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place; they will kill me on account of the matter of my wife.

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they could bear children again.

And they made a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech, and Phicol his army commander stood and returned to the land of the Philistines.

And they came to the place that God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood. Then he bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar atop the wood.

And Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived in Beersheba.

Then you shall be released from my oath, when you come to my family. And if they will not give a woman to you, then you will be released from my oath.'