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Book of Genesis 23

for which thou hast spoken. 34 And the next day the elder said to the
22 Make haste, and be saved there: because younger: Behold I lay last night with my father,
I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. let us make him drink wine also to night, and
Therefore the name of that city was called Segor. thou shalt lie with him, that we may save seed
23 The sun was risen upon the earth, and Lot of our father.
entered into Segor. 35 They made their father drink wine that
24 And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Go- night also, and the younger daughter went in,
morrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of and lay with him: and neither then did he per-
heaven. ceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.
25 And he destroyed these cities, and all the 36 So the two daughters of Lot were with child
country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, by their father.
and all things that spring from the earth. 37 And the elder bore a son, and she called
26 And his wife looking behind her, was his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites
turned into a statue of salt. unto this day.
27 And Abraham got up early in the morning, 38 The younger also bore a son, and she called
and in the place where he had stood before with his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people:
the Lord: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
28 He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha,
and the whole land of that country: and he saw
the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of Chapter 20
a furnace.
29 Now when God destroyed the cities of that Abraham removed from thence to the south
country, remembering Abraham, he delivered country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and
Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein sojourned in Gerara.
he had dwelt. 2 And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister.
30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took
in the mountain, and his two daughters with him her.
(for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt 3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream by
in a cave, he and his two daughters with him. night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for
31 And the elder said to the younger: Our the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a
father is old, and there is no man left on the husband.
earth, to come in unto us after the manner of 4 Now Abimelech had not touched her, and
the whole earth. he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is
32 Come, let us make him drunk with wine, ignorant and just?
and let us lie with him, that we may preserve 5 Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and
seed of our father. she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of
33 And they made their father drink wine that my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done
night: and the elder went in, and lay with her this.
father: but he perceived not, neither when his 6 And God said to him: And I know that
daughter lay down, nor when she rose up. thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore