Genesis 19:5–13

⁵and they called to Lot and said to him, “^aWhere are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may ¹have relations with them.”

⁶But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

⁷and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.

⁸“Now behold, ^aI have two daughters who have not ¹had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them ²whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the ³shelter of my roof.”

⁹But they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came in ¹as an alien, and already ^ahe is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against ²Lot and came near to break the door.

¹⁰But ^athe men reached out their ¹hands and brought Lot into the house ²with them, and shut the door.

^11aThey ¹struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

¹²Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place;

¹³for we are about to destroy this place, because ^atheir outcry has become so great before the Lord that ^bthe Lord has sent us to destroy it.”