7. and said, "My brothers, don’t do such an evil thing.
8. I’ve got two daughters who are virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them whatever you wish. But don’t do anything to these men because they are now under the protection of my roof."
9. They said, "Get out of the way!" And they continued, "Does this immigrant want to judge us? Now we will hurt you more than we will hurt them." They pushed Lot back and came close to breaking down the door.
10. The men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house with them and slammed the door.
11. Then the messengers blinded the men near the entrance of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, so that they groped around trying to find the entrance.
12. The men said to Lot, "Who’s still with you here? Take away from this place your sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and everyone else you have in the city
13. because we are about to destroy this place. The Lord has found the cries of injustice so serious that the Lord sent us to destroy it."
14. Lot went to speak to his sons-in-law, married to his daughters, and said, "Get up and get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city." But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15. When dawn broke, the messengers urged Lot, "Get up and take your wife and your two daughters who are here so that you are not swept away because of the evil in this city."
16. He hesitated, but because the Lord intended to save him, the men grabbed him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand, took him out, and left him outside the city.
17. After getting them out, the men said, "Save your lives! Don’t look back! And don’t stay in the valley. Escape to the mountains so that you are not swept away."
18. But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please.
19. You’ve done me a favor and have been so kind to save my life. But I can’t escape to the mountains since the catastrophe might overtake me there and I’d die.
20. This city here is close enough to flee to, and it’s small. It’s small, right? Let me escape there, and my life will be saved."