⁴ Before they laid down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man,^[a] surrounded the house. ⁵ And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know^[b] them.” ⁶ But Lot went out to them at the entrance, and he shut the door behind him.