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When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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highlighted Genesis 19:16 NLT

When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the LORD was merciful.

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highlighted Genesis 19:14 NLT

So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The LORD is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.

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highlighted Genesis 19:13 NLT

For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the LORD, and he has sent us to destroy it.”

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highlighted Genesis 19:10-11 NLT

But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.

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“Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.

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highlighted Genesis 19:8 NLT

Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”

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highlighted Genesis 19:4-5 NLT

But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.

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highlighted Genesis 19:3 NLT

But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.

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highlighted Genesis 19:1 NLT

That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.

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highlighted Genesis 18:22 NLT

The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.

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highlighted Genesis 18:24 NLT

Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?

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highlighted Genesis 18:32 NLT

Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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highlighted Genesis 18:31 NLT

Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?” And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

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highlighted Genesis 18:30 NLT

“Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?” And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”

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highlighted Genesis 18:29 NLT

Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are only forty?” And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”

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highlighted Genesis 18:28 NLT

Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And the LORD said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there.”

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highlighted Genesis 18:26 NLT

And the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”

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highlighted Genesis 18:23 NLT

Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?

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highlighted Genesis 18:20 NLT

So the LORD told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.

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