Thus it cameabout, when Goddestroyedthe citiesof the valley,that GodrememberedAbraham,and sentLotout of the midstof the overthrow,when He overthrewthe citiesin whichLotlived.
Now theseare [the records of] the generationsof Terah.Terahbecamethe fatherof Abram,Nahorand Haran;and Haranbecamethe fatherof Lot.
And I will makeyou a greatnation,And I will blessyou, And makeyour namegreat;And so you shall be a blessing;
Then GodrememberedRachel,and Godgaveheedto her and openedher womb.
But GodrememberedNoahand allthe beastsand allthe cattlethat were with him in the ark;and Godcaused a windto passoverthe earth,and the watersubsided.
Rememberme for this,O my God,and do not blotout my loyaldeedswhichI have performedfor the houseof my Godand its services.
And I commandedthe Levitesthat they should purifythemselves and comeas gatekeepersto sanctifythe sabbathday.[For] thisalsorememberme, O my God,and havecompassionon me according to the greatnessof Your lovingkindness.
"Your wickednessis for a manlikeyourself, And your righteousnessis for a sonof man.
For He rememberedHis holyword[With] AbrahamHis servant;
He has rememberedHis covenantforever,The wordwhich He commandedto a thousandgenerations,
Rememberme, O LORD,in [Your] favortoward Your people;Visitme with Your salvation,
Whorememberedus in our lowestate,For His lovingkindnessis everlasting,
The LORDkeepsallwho loveHim, But allthe wickedHe will destroy.
Do not rememberthe sinsof my youthor my transgressions;According to Your lovingkindnessrememberme, For Your goodness'sake,O LORD.
[though] thesethreemenwere in its midst,as I live,"declaresthe LordGOD,"they could not delivereither[their] sonsor[their] daughters.They alonewould be delivered,but the countrywould be desolate.
Howcan I giveyou up, O Ephraim?How can I surrenderyou, O Israel?Howcan I makeyou like Admah?How can I treatyou like Zeboiim?My heartis turnedoverwithinMe, AllMy compassionsare kindled.
but becausethe LORDlovedyou and keptthe oathwhichHe sworeto your forefathers,the LORDbroughtyou out by a mightyhandand redeemedyou from the houseof slavery,from the handof Pharaohkingof Egypt.
RememberYour servants,Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob;do not lookat the stubbornnessof thispeopleor at their wickednessor their sin.
"It is not for your righteousnessor for the uprightnessof your heartthat you are goingto possesstheir land,but [it is] becauseof the wickednessof thesenations[that] the LORDyour Godis drivingthem out beforeyou, in orderto confirmthe oathwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathers,to Abraham,Isaacand Jacob.
and [if] He rescuedrighteousLot,oppressedby the sensualconductof unprincipled men
