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And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the bought servants and strangers, were circumcised with him.

And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.

And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo she is in the tent.

Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.

And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.

I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.

And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.

If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?

And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.

He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:

But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.

And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:

I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof.

But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors.

And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.

And they said to Lot: Hast thou here any of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city:

And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him.

And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.

They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.