But Lot said to them, “No, please, Lord!

In this way both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.

The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.

So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.

Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

So Abram left, just as the Lord had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)

So there were quarrels between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.

They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

Then the two visitors said to Lot, “Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place