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And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening. And Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. Then Lot saw them and stood up to meet them. And he bowed down with his face to the ground.

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.

Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were taking his daughters and said, "Get up! Go out from this place, because Yahweh is going to destroy the city!" But it seemed like a joke in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

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.

But his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

And Lot went out from Zoar and settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.

The firstborn gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of Moab until this day.

And the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and she called his name Ben-Ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites until this day.

And Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

So Abimelech rose early in the morning. And he called all his servants and told them all these things, and the men were very afraid.

And Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male slaves and female slaves, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned Sarah his wife to him.

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

And she conceived, and Sarah bore to Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

And Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.

And she said, "Who would announce to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son to Abraham in his old age."

And the matter displeased Abraham very much on account of his son.

And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

And it happened that at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you, in all that you do.