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And he said, "Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." And they said, "No, but we will spend the night in the open square."

But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, 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 that we may know them carnally."

See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof."

And they said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them." So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

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

Then 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.

And Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;

And he said, "You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well."

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."

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

So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."

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