Genesis 19 Free Bible Version
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1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot happened to be sitting at the entrance to Sodom, and when he saw them he stood up to meet them, and bowed low with his face to the ground.
1 LLEGARON, pues, los dos ángeles á Sodoma á la caída de la tarde: y Lot estaba sentado á la puerta de Sodoma. Y viéndolos Lot, levantóse á recibirlos, é inclinóse hacia el suelo;
2 “Sirs, please come and stay with me for the night,” he said. “You can wash your feet and then be on your way early in the morning.” They replied, “No, it's fine. We'll spend the night here in the square.”
2 Y dijo: Ahora, pues, mis señores, os ruego que vengáis á casa de vuestro siervo y os hospedéis, y lavaréis vuestros pies: y por la mañana os levantaréis, y seguiréis vuestro camino. Y ellos respondieron: No, que en la plaza nos quedaremos esta noche.
3 But Lot insisted, and they went with him to his house. He made them a meal and baked bread for them to eat.
3 Mas él porfió con ellos mucho, y se vinieron con él, y entraron en su casa; é hízoles banquete, y coció panes sin levadura, y comieron.
4 But they hadn't even gone to bed before the men of Sodom, young and old, from every part of town, came and surrounded the house.
4 Y antes que se acostasen, cercaron la casa los hombres de la ciudad, los varones de Sodoma, todo el pueblo junto, desde el más joven hasta el más viejo;
5 They shouted out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out here to us so we can have sex with them.”
5 Y llamaron á Lot, y le dijeron: ¿Dónde están los varones que vinieron á ti esta noche? sácanoslos, para que los conozcamos.
6 Lot went out to talk to them in the doorway, closing the door behind him.
6 Entonces Lot salió á ellos á la puerta, y cerró las puertas tras sí,
7 “My friends, please don't do such an evil thing!
7 Y dijo: Os ruego, hermanos míos, que no hagáis tal maldad.
8 Listen, I've got two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you want, but please don't do anything to these men. It's my responsibility to look after them.”
8 He aquí ahora yo tengo dos hijas que no han conocido varón; os las sacaré afuera, y haced de ellas como bien os pareciere: solamente á estos varones no hagáis nada, pues que vinieron á la sombra de mi tejado.
9 “Out of our way!” they shouted. “Who do you think you are, coming to live here and now trying to judge us? We'll do even worse things to you than we were going to do to these men!” They rushed forward at Lot and tried to break down the door.
9 Y ellos respondieron: Quita allá: y añadieron: Vino éste aquí para habitar como un extraño, ¿y habrá de erigirse en juez? Ahora te haremos más mal que á ellos. Y hacían gran violencia al varón, á Lot, y se acercaron para romper las puertas.
10 But the men inside reached out and grabbed Lot, dragged him inside, and slammed the door shut.
10 Entonces los varones alargaron la mano, y metieron á Lot en casa con ellos, y cerraron las puertas.
11 Then they made all the men in the doorway, young and old, suddenly go blind so they couldn't find the door.
11 Y á los hombres que estaban á la puerta de la casa desde el menor hasta el mayor, hirieron con ceguera; mas ellos se fatigaban por hallar la puerta.
12 The two men asked Lot, “Is there anyone else here who's part of your family—sons-in-law, or sons or daughters, or anyone else in the town? If there are, make sure they leave,
12 Y dijeron los varones á Lot: ¿Tienes aquí alguno más? Yernos, y tus hijos y tus hijas, y todo lo que tienes en la ciudad, sáca[lo] de este lugar:
13 because we are about to destroy this place. The complaints that have reached the Lord about its people have become so bad that he has sent us to destroy it.”
13 Porque vamos á destruir este lugar, por cuanto el clamor de ellos ha subido de punto delante de Jehová; por tanto Jehová nos ha enviado para destruirlo.
14 Lot went immediately to speak to the men who were engaged to marry his daughters. “Get up quickly and leave,” he said, “because the Lord is about to destroy the town!” But they thought it was just a joke.
14 Entonces salió Lot, y habló á sus yernos, los que habían de tomar sus hijas, y les dijo: Levantaos, salid de este lugar; porque Jehová va á destruir esta ciudad. Mas pareció á sus yernos como que se burlaba.
15 At dawn, the angels begged Lot to be quick, telling him, “Hurry up! Leave right now with your wife and your two daughters here, otherwise you'll be wiped out when the city is punished.”
15 Y al rayar el alba, los ángeles daban prisa á Lot, diciendo: Levántate, toma tu mujer, y tus dos hijas que se hallan aquí, porque no perezcas en el castigo de la ciudad.
16 But Lot hesitated. The men grabbed his hand, and those of his wife and two daughters, and dragged them along, leaving them outside the town. The Lord was kind to them to do this.
16 Y deteniéndose él, los varones asieron de su mano, y de la mano de su mujer, y de las manos de sus dos hijas, según la misericordia de Jehová para con él; y le sacaron, y le pusieron fuera de la ciudad.
17 As soon as they were outside, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the valley! Run to the mountains otherwise you'll be destroyed!”
17 Y fué que cuando los hubo sacado fuera, dijo: Escapa por tu vida; no mires tras ti, ni pares en toda esta llanura; escapa al monte, no sea que perezcas.
18 “Please sir, not that!” Lot replied.
18 Y Lot les dijo: No, yo os ruego, señores míos;
19 “If you don't mind, since you have already been so kind to me by saving my life, don't make me run to the mountains—I just can't make it. The destruction will overtake me and I'll die!
19 He aquí ahora ha hallado tu siervo gracia en tus ojos, y has engrandecido tu misericordia que has hecho conmigo dándome la vida; mas yo no podré escapar al monte, no sea caso que me alcance el mal, y muera.
20 Look, there's a town nearby that's close enough to run to, and it's so small. Please let me run there—it's really very small. It would save my life.”
20 He aquí ahora esta ciudad está cerca para huir allá, la cual es pequeña; escaparé ahora allá, (¿no es ella pequeña?) y vivirá mi alma.
21 “Fine—I'll do as you ask,” he replied. “I won't destroy this town you've mentioned.
21 Y le respondió: He aquí he recibido también tu súplica sobre esto, y no destruiré la ciudad de que has hablado.
22 But hurry up and run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there.” (This is why the town was called Zoar.)
22 Date priesa, escápate allá; porque nada podré hacer hasta que allí hayas llegado. Por esto fué llamado el nombre de la ciudad, Zoar.
23 The sun had already risen by the time Lot reached Zoar.
23 El sol salía sobre la tierra, cuando Lot llegó á Zoar.
24 Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
24 Entonces llovió Jehová sobre Sodoma y sobre Gomorra azufre y fuego de parte de Jehová desde los cielos;
25 He completely destroyed the towns and all their inhabitants, the whole valley and everything growing there.
25 Y destruyó las ciudades, y toda aquella llanura, con todos los moradores de aquellas ciudades, y el fruto de la tierra.
26 But Lot's wife, who was lagging behind, looked back, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
26 Entonces la mujer de Lot miró atrás, [á espaldas] de él, y se volvió estatua de sal.
27 Abraham got up early the next morning and went back to where he had stood before the Lord.
27 Y subió Abraham por la mañana al lugar donde había estado delante de Jehová:
28 He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley floor, and saw the land burning, sending up smoke like from a furnace.
28 Y miró hacia Sodoma y Gomorra, y hacia toda la tierra de aquella llanura miró; y he aquí que el humo subía de la tierra como el humo de un horno.
29 When God destroyed the towns of the valley he didn't forget the promise he made Abraham, and he saved Lot from the destruction of the towns where Lot was living.
29 Así fué que, cuando destruyó Dios las ciudades de la llanura, acordóse Dios de Abraham, y envió fuera á Lot de en medio de la destrucción, al asolar las ciudades donde Lot estaba.
30 Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left town and went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.
30 Empero Lot subió de Zoar, y asentó en el monte, y sus dos hijas con él; porque tuvo miedo de quedar en Zoar, y se alojó en una cueva él y sus dos hijas.
31 Sometime later the older daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is growing old, and there's no men left to give us children like everyone does.
31 Entonces la mayor dijo á la menor: Nuestro padre es viejo, y no queda varón en la tierra que entre á nosotras conforme á la costumbre de toda la tierra:
32 Come on, let's get our father drunk with wine and sleep with him so we can keep his family line going.”
32 Ven, demos á beber vino á nuestro padre, y durmamos con él, y conservaremos de nuestro padre generación.
33 So they got their father drunk with wine that night. The older daughter went and slept with him, and he didn't notice when she lay down or when she got up.
33 Y dieron á beber vino á su padre aquella noche: y entró la mayor, y durmió con su padre; mas él no sintió cuándo se acostó ella, ni cuándo se levantó.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger one, “Last night I slept with our father. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight and you can go and sleep with him so we can keep his family line going.”
34 El día siguiente dijo la mayor á la menor: He aquí yo dormí la noche pasada con mi padre; démosle á beber vino también esta noche, y entra y duerme con él, para que conservemos de nuestro padre generación.
35 So once again that night they got their father drunk with wine and the younger daughter went and slept with him, and he didn't notice when she lay down or when she got up.
35 Y dieron á beber vino á su padre también aquella noche: y levantóse la menor, y durmió con él; pero no echó de ver cuándo se acostó ella, ni cuándo se levantó.
36 This is how both Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.
36 Y concibieron las dos hijas de Lot, de su padre.
37 The older daughter had a son, and she called him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
37 Y parió la mayor un hijo, y llamó su nombre Moab, el cual es padre de los Moabitas hasta hoy.
38 The younger daughter had a son too, and she called him Ben-ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.
38 La menor también parió un hijo, y llamó su nombre Ben-ammí, el cual es padre de los Ammonitas hasta hoy.
People & places in this chapter
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Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Lot
Abraham's nephew who chose the plain of Jordan and settled near Sodom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 11–14; 19
Lot's wife
Lot's unnamed wife, led out of Sodom with her husband and two daughters, who looked back and became a pillar of salt.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32
Moab
A son of Lot and ancestor of the Moabites, who settled east of the Dead Sea.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 19:37
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 18:1–5; Genesis 18:22; Hebrews 13:2; Job 31:32
- 2 Genesis 18:4; Luke 24:28–29; Hebrews 13:2; Acts 16:15; Judges 19:17–21
- 3 Genesis 18:6–8; Judges 6:19; 1 Samuel 28:24; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Exodus 12:39
- 4 Genesis 13:13; Proverbs 4:16; Genesis 18:20; Exodus 23:2; Jeremiah 5:31
- 5 Judges 19:22; Isaiah 3:9; Jude 7; Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26–27
- 6 Judges 19:23
- 7 Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:24; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Deuteronomy 23:17; Jude 7
- 8 Judges 19:24; Genesis 19:31–38; Mark 9:6; Romans 3:8; Judges 9:15
- 9 Exodus 2:14; Genesis 13:12; 2 Peter 2:7–8; Daniel 3:19–22; Ecclesiastes 9:3
- 11 2 Kings 6:18; Acts 13:11; Jeremiah 2:36; Deuteronomy 28:28–29; Isaiah 57:10
- 12 Genesis 7:1; 2 Peter 2:7; Revelation 18:4; 2 Peter 2:9; Numbers 16:26
- 13 Genesis 18:20; Matthew 13:49–50; Jude 7; Revelation 16:1–12; Acts 12:23
- 14 Numbers 16:21; Numbers 16:26; Jeremiah 51:6; Numbers 16:45; Revelation 18:4–8
- 15 Numbers 16:24–27; Luke 13:24–25; Revelation 18:4; Proverbs 6:4–5; Genesis 19:22
- 16 Romans 9:15–16; Titus 3:5; Psalm 103:13; Psalm 111:4; Exodus 34:6
- 17 Matthew 24:16–18; Luke 9:62; Philippians 3:13–14; Genesis 19:26; Genesis 19:22
- 18 Genesis 32:26; Isaiah 45:11; Acts 9:13; Acts 10:14; 2 Kings 5:11–12
- 19 1 Kings 9:9; Matthew 8:25–26; Psalm 116:1–19; Psalm 106:1–48; Deuteronomy 31:17
- 20 Psalm 119:175; Proverbs 3:5–7; Isaiah 55:3; Genesis 19:30; Genesis 12:13
- 21 Psalm 145:19; Psalm 102:17; Job 42:8–9; Psalm 34:15; Luke 11:8
- 22 Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:2; Exodus 32:10; Genesis 32:25–28; Deuteronomy 9:14
- 24 Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 13:19; Jude 7; Amos 4:11; 2 Peter 2:6
- 25 Psalm 107:34; Genesis 14:3; Genesis 13:10
- 26 Luke 17:31–32; Genesis 19:17; Hebrews 10:38; Proverbs 14:14; Numbers 16:38
- 27 Habakkuk 2:1; Psalm 5:3; Hebrews 2:1; Genesis 18:22–33; Ezekiel 16:49–50
- 28 Revelation 18:9; Revelation 9:2; Jude 7; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 18:18
- 29 Genesis 8:1; Deuteronomy 9:5; Psalm 25:7; Genesis 18:23–33; Hosea 11:8
- 30 Genesis 19:19; Genesis 19:17; Genesis 14:22; James 1:8; Deuteronomy 34:3
- 31 Deuteronomy 25:5; Isaiah 4:1; Genesis 6:4; Genesis 4:1; Genesis 16:2
- 32 Leviticus 18:6–7; Genesis 11:3; Mark 12:19; Genesis 9:21; Proverbs 23:31–33
- 33 Habakkuk 2:15–16; Leviticus 18:6–7; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:29–35
- 34 Jeremiah 3:3; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 8:12
- 35 1 Corinthians 10:11–12; Ecclesiastes 7:26; 1 Peter 4:7; Luke 21:34; Psalm 8:4
- 36 Habakkuk 2:15; Genesis 19:8; 1 Samuel 15:33; Leviticus 18:6–7; Judges 1:7
- 37 Deuteronomy 2:9; Numbers 22:1–41; Judges 3:1–31; Deuteronomy 23:3; Ruth 4:10
- 38 Deuteronomy 2:19; 1 Samuel 11:1–15; Judges 10:6–11:40; Isaiah 11:14; Zephaniah 2:9
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And again, referring to the destruction of the Sodomites, the Scripture says, "Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven." For it here points out that the Son, who had also been talking with Abraham, had received power to judge the Sodomites for their wickedness.
For after saying to them in the plural, "Behold, my lords, turn aside into your servant's house," etc., yet it is afterwards said, "And the angels laid hold upon his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, because the Lord was merciful unto him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… the Image, the Seal; "Who being the Effulgence of His glory and the Impress of His Essence," and "the Image of His Goodness," and "Him hath God the Father sealed." Lord, King, He That Is, The Almighty. "The Lord rained down fire from the Lord;" and "A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom;" and "Which is and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
As says the Scripture: "And that night the elder went in and lay with her father; and Lot knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose." And the same thing took place in the case of the younger: "And he knew not," it is said, "when she slept with him, nor when she arose." Since, therefore, Lot knew …
And Lot said unto them, I pray thee, Lord, since thy servant hath found grace in thy sight," etc.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)