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And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.
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He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:
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But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.
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And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:
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Lot went out to them, and shut the door after him, and said:
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Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil.
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I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof.
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But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors.
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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: