The angels take Lot, his wife and his daughters out of the city. One of them tells them to escape and not to look back. Lot asks for a little city. The LORD rains sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot's wife looks back. Read the story in simple English, with the real verse at the end.
10 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
iniquity
serious wrong; the wrong things that people do
noun
favor
kindness that someone shows to a person he is pleased with
noun
sight
the power to see; in your eyes, as you see it
noun
inhabitant
a person who lives in a place
noun
pillar
a tall, thick piece that stands up straight, like a column
noun
consume
to destroy something completely, until nothing is left
verb
escape
to get away from danger
verb
back
toward what is behind you, not toward what is in front of you
adverb
little
small in size
adjective
overthrow
to destroy a city completely; as a noun, the destroying itself
verb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
The angels hurry Lot and his family out of the city. One says: don't look back.
Lot asks for a little city. He is told it will not be overthrown, and he comes to Zoar.
The LORD rains sulfur and fire on two cities. Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.
Abraham goes up early in the morning and looks toward Sodom and Gomorrah. God sends Lot out.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Genesis 19:26 · WEB
But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
Who was Lot? The unfoldingWord Translation Words article on Lot says that Lot was Abraham’s nephew. The article on Abraham says that God changed Abram’s name to Abraham. In this story, Abram is now called Abraham.
Source: Translation Words (en_tw) · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
Genesis 19:15 to 29, in the World English Bible.
They tell him to get up and take his wife and his two daughters (Genesis 19:15), and one of them tells them to escape to the mountains and not to look back (Genesis 19:17).
He asks to escape to a little city that is near, and he comes to Zoar (Genesis 19:20-23).
The LORD rains sulfur and fire on them from the sky and overthrows those cities and all their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24-25).
She looks back, and she becomes a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26).
It follows Genesis 19:15 to 29 in order, in short sentences. It leaves out some details, such as Lot's longer request, the plain and what grew on the ground.
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