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15 Now at the [a]breaking of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the [b]punishment of the city.” 16 But he hesitated. So the men (A)seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the [c]hands of his two daughters, for (B)the compassion of Yahweh was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city. 17 Now it happened, as they brought them outside, [d]one said, “(C)Escape for your life! (D)Do not look behind you, and do not stay [e]anywhere in the (E)valley; escape to (F)the [f]mountains, lest you be swept away.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:15 Lit rising
  2. Genesis 19:15 Or iniquity
  3. Genesis 19:16 Lit hand
  4. Genesis 19:17 Lit he
  5. Genesis 19:17 Lit in all the circle
  6. Genesis 19:17 Lit mountain

15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away(A) when the city is punished.(B)

16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters(C) and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.(D) 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!(E) Don’t look back,(F) and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!(G) Flee to the mountains(H) or you will be swept away!”

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