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Lotwent out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Up, get out of thisplace, for the LORD will destroy the city." But he appeared* to his sons-in-law to be jesting.
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Whenmorningdawned, the angelsurgedLot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your twodaughters who are here, or you will be sweptaway in the punishment of the city."
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But he hesitated. So the menseized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his twodaughters, for the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside* the city.
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When they had brought them outside, one said, "Escape for your life! Do not lookbehind you, and do not stayanywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be sweptaway."
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"Nowbehold, your servant has foundfavor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot*escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;