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And he said, “No, my brothers, please do not do such a wrong thing. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known[a] a man. Please, let me bring them out to you; then do to them as it seems good in your eyes. Only to these men do not do this thing, since they came under my roof[b] for protection.” But they said, “Step aside!” Then they said, “This fellow[c] came to dwell as a foreigner and he acts as a judge! Now we shall do worse to you than them!” And they pressed very hard against the man, against Lot, and they drew near to break the door.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:8 Hebrew idiom for sexual intercourse (cp. Gen 4:1)
  2. Genesis 19:8 Literally “my beam”
  3. Genesis 19:9 Literally “the one”

and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”(A)

“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner,(B) and now he wants to play the judge!(C) We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

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