and said,"Please,my brothers,do not actwickedly.
Beforethey laydown,the menof the city,the menof Sodom,surroundedthe house,bothyoungand old,allthe peoplefrom every quarter;
But Lotwentout to them at the doorway,and shutthe doorbehindhim,
"Nowbehold,I have twodaughterswhohave not hadrelationswith man;pleaselet me bringthem out to you, and doto them whateveryou like;onlydonothingto thesemen,inasmuchas they have comeunder the shelterof my roof."
You shall not liewith a maleas one lieswith a female;it is an abomination.
If [there is] a manwholieswith a maleas those who liewith a woman,bothof them have committeda detestableact;they shall surelybe putto death.Their bloodguiltinessis upon them.
and He madefrom one[man] everynationof mankindto liveon allthe faceof the earth,having determined[their] appointedtimesand the boundariesof their habitation,
ThereforeGodgave them overin the lustsof their heartsto impurity,sothat their bodieswould be dishonoredamongthem.
"Noneof the daughtersof Israelshall be a cultprostitute,norshall anyof the sonsof Israelbe a cultprostitute.
justas Sodomand Gomorrahand the citiesaroundthem, since they in the samewayas theseindulged in gross immoralityand wentafterstrangeflesh,are exhibitedas an examplein undergoingthe punishmentof eternalfire.
Then the man,the ownerof the house,wentout to them and saidto them, "No,my fellows,pleasedo not actso wickedly;sincethismanhas comeinto my house,do not committhisactof folly.
Now Gaalthe sonof Ebedcamewith his relatives,and crossedoverinto Shechem;and the menof Shechemputtheir trustin him.
