But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sedom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
Genesis 19:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, *Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And said, I beg of you, my brothers, do not behave so wickedly. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. Common English Bible and said, “My brothers, don’t do such an evil thing. Catholic Public Domain Version "Do not, I ask you, my brothers, do not be willing to commit this evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren; do not commit this evil. |
But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sedom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.*
*'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Yisra'el, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Yisra'el.
Even as Sedom and `Amorah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
Ga`al the son of `Eved came with his brothers, and went over to Shekhem; and the men of Shekhem put their trust in him.