Escape from Sodom

Two angels came to Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting in the city gate, and he welcomed them into his house and made them a meal. But the men of Sodom were very wicked. They surrounded the house and wanted to do evil to the guests. The angels pulled Lot inside, shut the door, and struck the men at the door with blindness.

The angels told Lot that the Lord was about to destroy the city because of its great sin. Lot warned the men who were to marry his daughters, but they thought he was joking. At dawn Lot lingered, so the angels took Lot, his wife and his two daughters by the hand and brought them outside the city, for the Lord was merciful to him.

The angels told them to escape and not look back. As the sun rose, Lot reached the small town of Zoar. Then the Lord rained burning sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt. The Bible says God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the destruction.