File:Lot and his daughters flee Sodom - Genesis19-17.jpg

Summary
Genesis 19:16-17

19:16. Because he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him,

'''19:17. and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city. There they spoke to him, saying, "Save your life; do not look back, nor stay in any of the country nearby: but save yourself in the mountain, lest you be also consumed.'''

19:18. Lot said to them, "I beseech you, my Lord,

19:19. "because your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die.

19:20. "There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee; it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?"

19:21. He said to him, "Behold, also in this, I have heard your prayers, not to destroy the city for which you have spoken.

'''19:22. "Make haste, and be saved there, because I cannot do anything until you go into the little city." Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.'''

Segor. . .That is, a little one.

19:23. The sun had risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Segor.

19:24. The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire (from the Lord out of Heaven).

19:25. He destroyed these cities, and all the country around, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.

19:26. His wife looking behind her, was turned into a statue of salt.

His wife. . .As a standing memorial to the servants of God to proceed in virtue, and not to look back to vice or its allurements.

Lot and his daughters flee Sodom, as in Genesis 19:17, illustration from "Sunrays" published 1908 by the Providence Lithograph Company Date: 1908 Author: Providence Lithograph Company This edited media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923.