Genesis 19:16-18

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¹⁶ But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, ^(A)the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. ¹⁷ And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. ^(B)Do not look back or stop anywhere in the ^(C)valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” ¹⁸ And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords.