Genesis 18
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He said , “ For the sake of twenty , I will not de stroy it .”
32 Then he said , “ May the Lord not be an gry , but let me speak just once more . What if only ten can be found there ?”
He an swered , “ For the sake of ten , I will not de stroy it .”
33 When the Lord had fin ished speaking with Abra ham , he left , and Abra ham re turned home .
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
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The two an gels ar rived at Sodom in the eve ning , and Lot was sitting in the gate way of the city . When he saw them , he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground . 2 “ My lords ,” he said , “ please turn aside to your ser vant ’ s house . You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morn ing .”
“ No ,” they an swered , “ we will spend the night in the square .”
3 But he in sisted so strongly that they did go with him and en tered his house . He pre pared a meal for them , bak ing bread with out yeast , and they ate . 4 Be fore they had gone to bed , all the men from ev ery part of the city of Sodom — both young and old — sur rounded the house . 5 They called to Lot , “ Where are the men who came to you to night ? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them .”
6 Lot went out side to meet them and shut the door be hind him 7 and said , “ No , my friends . Don ’ t do this wicked