lust, and my lord also is old?

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Why laughed Sarah, saying, Thinkest thou that I shall yet bear, when I am old?

Is there any thing impossible to the LORD? At this time will I come again unto thee, and if I live, Sarah shall have a son.

And Sarah denied it, and said: I laughed not: for she was afraid. And he said, It is not so; thou hast laughed.

And the men arose from thence, and turned toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to lead them.

And the LORD said, How can I hide from Abraham what I do?

Because he shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the LORD, and to do that which is right and good: that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath promised him.

And the LORD said, There is a cry in Sodom and Gomorrha, which is great, and their sins are almost grievous.

Therefore will I go down, and see whether they have done all according to the cry that is come before me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.

And the men turned their faces, and went to Sodom: but Abraham stood still before the LORD.

And stood by him, and said, Wilt thou then kill the righteous with the wicked?

There may be fifty righteous men in the city: wilt thou destroy them, and not forgive the place, because of fifty righteous men that are therein?

Far be it from thee, that thou shouldest do this thing, and kill the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked: far be it from thee, that judgest all the earth. Thou wilt not judge thus.

And the LORD said, If I find fifty righteous men in the city of Sodom, then I will forgive all the places for their sakes.

And Abraham answered and said, Ah, behold, I have made myself to speak unto the LORD, though I be earth and ashes.

There might be five less than fifty righteous within: wilt thou then destroy the whole city for the sake of the five? And he said, If I find forty and five within, I will not destroy them.

And he continued to speak unto him, saying, There may be found forty within. And he said: I will not hurt them because of the forty.

And Abraham said, Be not angry, O LORD, that I speak any more. There may be found thirty in it. And he said, If I find thirty within, I will not hurt them.

And he said, Behold, I have refrained from speaking with the LORD. One might like to find twenty within. And he answered: I will not destroy them for the sake of twenty.

And he said, Be not angry, O Lord, that I speak but once more. There may be ten in it. And he said: I will not destroy them for the sake of the ten.

And the LORD departed after he had talked with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
(Genesis)
Chapter 19
Destruction of Sodom. Lot’s salvation and fall.

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening. And Lot sat in Sodom under the gate. And when he saw them, he stood up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the ground.

And said, Behold, Lord, come in unto thy servant’s house, and tarry overnight, and wash thy costly feet, and rise early in the morning, and go your way. But they said: Nay, but we will tarry in the street overnight.

Then he almost compelled them; and they returned unto him, and came into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they did eat.

But before they lay down, the people of the city of Sodom came and compassed the house, young and old, all the people from every quarter,

And they called for Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that are come unto thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

Lot went out unto them at the door, and shut the door behind him.

Saying, Ah, brethren, do not be so wicked.

Behold, I have two daughters, which have not yet known a man: them will I bring forth among you, and do unto them as ye please: but do nothing unto these men: for therefore are they entered under the shadow of my roof.

And they said: Come hither. And they said: Thou art the only stranger here, and wilt thou reign? Well, we will afflict thee more abundantly than they. And they pressed hard upon the man Lot. And they came running up, and sought to break open the door, 10. And the men went out, and drew Lot in unto them into the house, and shut the door.

And the men that were at the door of the house were smitten with blindness, both small and great, until they were wearied, and could not find the door.

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou yet here a husband, and sons, and daughters? and whosoever thou hast in the city, bring him out of this place.

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of it is great before the LORD: he hath sent us to destroy it.

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in oath, which should take his daughters: Arise, get you out of this place: for the LORD will destroy this city. But it was ridiculous unto them.

And when the morning arose, the angels made haste unto Lot, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are present, lest thou also perish in the iniquity of this city.

And when he was departed, the men took him by the hand, and his wife, and his two daughters; because the LORD spared him, and brought him out, and left him without the city.

And when they had brought him forth, he said, Save thy soul, and look not behind thee; neither stand thou in all this place. Save thee in the mount, that thou perish not.

But Lot said unto them: Oh no, Lord!

Behold, because thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, magnify thy mercy, which thou hast done unto me, in preserving my soul alive. I cannot save myself on the mountain; I may meet with an accident, and die.

Behold, there is a city near, whither I may flee, and it is small, and there will I save myself: yet it is small, that my soul may live.

And he said unto him, Behold, I have looked upon thee also in this piece, that I turn not back the city, of which thou hast spoken.

Haste thee there, and deliver thee: for I can do nothing till thou come in. Therefore this city is called Zoar.

And the sun was risen on the earth, when Lot came into Zoar.

And the LORD rained down brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrha.

And he turned back the cities, and all the country, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which was grown in the country.

And his wife looked behind him, and was turned into a pillar of salt.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning unto the place where he stood before the LORD, 28. And he turned his face toward Sodom and Gomorrha, and toward all the country of the region, and looked; and, behold, there went up a smoke from the country, as smoke from a furnace.

For when God destroyed the cities of the region, he remembered Abraham, and brought Lot out of the cities, which he turned back, wherein Lot dwelt.

And Lot departed from Zoar, and abode in the mount with his two daughters: for he feared to abide in Zoar: so he abode in a cave with his two daughters.

And the eldest said unto the youngest, Our father is old, and there is no man left on earth to put us to sleep after the manner of all the earth.

Come then, and let us give our father wine to drink, and let us sleep with him, that we may receive seed of our father.

So they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first went in, and lay with her father: and he knew it not when she lay, nor when she arose.

And in the morning the eldest said unto the youngest, Behold, I lay with my father yesterday.
Let us give him wine to drink this night also, that thou mayest go in and lie :with him, that we may receive seed of our father:

So they also gave their father wine to drink that night. And the youngest arose, and lay with him: and he knew it not when she lay, nor when she arose.

So the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

And the eldest bare a son, and called his name Moab. From him came the Moabites unto this day.

And the youngest bare a son also, and called his name the child Ammi. From him came the children of Ammon unto this day.
(Genesis)
Chapter 20
Sarah is taken from Abraham by Abimelech and given back with profit.

And Abraham departed from thence into the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and
Shur, and was a stranger in Gerar.

And he spake of Sarah his wife: It is my sister. Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for her and took her.

And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said unto him, Behold, thou art dead because of the woman