18:27-19:11

[18:27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: [18:28] peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. [18:29] And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake. [18:30] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. [18:31] And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake. [18:32] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake. [18:33] And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. [19:1] And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth; [19:2] and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. [19:3] And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. [19:4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; [19:5] and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. [19:6] And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. [19:7] And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. [19:8] Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof. [19:9] And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. [19:10] But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. [19:11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.