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He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

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

"I will go down now and see whether they have done entirely as the outcry, which has come to Me indicates; and if not, I will know."

And he said, "Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." They said, "No, but we shall spend the night in the public square."

Yet he strongly urged them, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

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 have relations with them."

"Now look, I have two daughters who have not had relations with any man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do not do anything to these men, because they have come under the shelter of my roof."

But they said, "Get out of the way!" They also said, "This one came in as a foreigner, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!" So they pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break the door.

But he hesitated. So the men grasped his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, because the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city.

When they had brought them outside, one said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the surrounding area; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away."

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

So they had their father drink wine that night too, and the younger got up and slept with him; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.

Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

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

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

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

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived in Beersheba.

then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'

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