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And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door.
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And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.
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And they said to Lot: Hast thou here any of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city:
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For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.
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So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest.
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And when it was morning, the angels pressed him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters that thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city.
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And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him.
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And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.
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And Lot said to them: I beseech thee, my Lord,
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Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die.
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There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?