Sodom
& Gomorrah
Genesis 19:1-26 with 21
illustrations
Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:1
Two angels came to Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the
gate of Sodom.
Genesis 19:2
Lot said, 'My lords, I beg you, please come into your servant's
house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then early in the
morning, you can be on your way .'
Genesis 19:2
They said, 'No, we will spend the night in the square.'
Genesis 19:3
But Lot urged them greatly, and they came in with him, entering his
house.
Genesis 19:3
He made them a meal and they ate.
Genesis 19:4
But before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom
surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every
part of the city.
Genesis 19:5
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 have sex with
them.'
Genesis 19:6-7
Lot went out the door, and shut the door behind him. He said,
'Please, my brothers, do not be evil.'
Genesis 19:8
'Look, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to
you. You may do whatever you please to them, just do not do
anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of
my roof.'
Genesis 19:9
'Stand back!' they said, 'This one came here as a foreigner and
appoints himself a judge? Now we will deal with you worse than with
them!'
Genesis 19:9-10
They pressed hard against Lot, nearly breaking down the door. But
the men reached out their hands and brought Lot inside the house,
and they shut the door.
Genesis 19:11-13
The men said to Lot, 'Do you have anybody else here? Whoever you
have in the city, take them out of the here, for we will destroy
this place. God has sent us to destroy it.'
Genesis 19:14
Lot went off and spoke to his future sons-in-law who were to marry
his daughters. 'Hurry!' he said, 'Get out of this place, for Yahweh
is about to destroy the city!'
Genesis 19:14
But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
Genesis 19:15
When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, 'Get
up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will
be swept away with the city's wickedness!'
Genesis 19:16
But he lingered, so the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his
wife and his two daughters. They lead him out and, Yahweh being
merciful to him, set him outside of the city.
Genesis 19:17
When they had taken them outside, they said, 'Run for your life! Do
not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the plain. Flee to
the mountains, or you will be destroyed!'
Genesis 19:24
Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from
Yahweh out of the sky.
Genesis 19:25
He overthrew those cities, the whole plain -- all the inhabitants
of the cities, and everything that grows on the ground.
Genesis 19:26
Behind him, Lot's wife looked back...
Genesis 19:26
...and she became a pillar of salt.
