Genesis 19:23   (Read all of Genesis 19)

By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

Genesis 19:24   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the Lord out of the heavens.

Genesis 19:26   (Read all of Genesis 19)

But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:27   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

Genesis 19:28   (Read all of Genesis 19)

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.

Genesis 19:29   (Read all of Genesis 19)

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

Genesis 19:30   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

Genesis 19:31   (Read all of Genesis 19)

One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children-as is the custom all over the earth.

Genesis 19:32   (Read all of Genesis 19)

Let's get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father."

Genesis 19:33   (Read all of Genesis 19)

That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 19:34   (Read all of Genesis 19)

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I slept with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father."

Genesis 19:35   (Read all of Genesis 19)

So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 19:36   (Read all of Genesis 19)

So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

Genesis 19:37   (Read all of Genesis 19)

The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab ; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

Genesis 19:38   (Read all of Genesis 19)

The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi ; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Genesis 20:1   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,

Genesis 20:2   (Read all of Genesis 20)

and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

Genesis 20:3   (Read all of Genesis 20)

But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."

Genesis 20:4   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

Genesis 20:5   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and didn't she also say, 'He is my brother'? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands."

Genesis 20:6   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 20:7   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die."

Genesis 20:8   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.

Genesis 20:9   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, "What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done."