Comparison of Pentateuch:
Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targums Onkelos,
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Jerusalem Fragments

 

Genesis
Chapter 19

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Genesis 18 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Genesis 20
GENESIS 19:1
JPS 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth;
ONK 19:1 And two angels entered into Sedom in the evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sedom. And Lot saw, and arose to present himself before them, and he bowed with his face to the earth.
PAL 19:1 Two angels came to Sedom at the evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sedom. And Lot saw, and rose up to meet them from the gate of the tabernacle. And he bowed his face to the ground,
JER 19:1 And Lot sat in the gate of Sedom, and he saw them, and ran and saluted them, and bowed with his face to the ground.
 
GENESIS 19:2
JPS 19:2 and he said: 'Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.' And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.'
ONK 19:2 And he said, I pray my lords (ribboni) to turn aside unto the house of your servant and lodge, and wash your feet; and rising early you shall go on your way. And they said, Not so, but in the wide place will we lodge.
PAL 19:2 and said, I beg now, my lords, turn now hither, and enter the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet; and you will arise and proceed on your way. And they said to him, No; for in the street we will lodge.
JER 19:2 And wash your feet, and wash you in the morning, and go to your tents in peace. And they said to him, No; for in the open place of the city we will lodge.
 
GENESIS 19:3
JPS 19:3 And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
ONK 19:3 And he was greatly in earnest with them, and they turned aside with him, and entered into his house: and he made them a supper, and dressed unleavened cakes for them, and they ate.
PAL 19:3 And he persuaded them earnestly, and they turned aside to be with him; and they entered his house, and he made a repast for them, and prepared unleavened cakes. And it seemed to him as if they did eat.
JER 19:3 And it appeared as if they ate and drank.
 
GENESIS 19:4
JPS 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
ONK 19:4 As yet they had not slept; and the men of the city, the men of Sedom, gathered against the house, from the youth unto the old man, all the people from the extremes;
PAL 19:4 They had not yet lain down, when the wicked men of the city, the men of Sedom, came round upon the house, from the youth to the old man, all the people throughout.
 
GENESIS 19:5
JPS 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.'
ONK 19:5 and they cried to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came to thee to-night? Bring them forth to us, and we will know them.
PAL 19:5 And they cried to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who entered with thee to-night? Bring them out to us, and we will lie with them.
 
GENESIS 19:6
JPS 19:6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.
ONK 19:6 And Lot went out to them to the gate, and the door he shut after him.
PAL 19:6 And Lot went out to them to the gate, and shut the door after him.
 
GENESIS 19:7
JPS 19:7 And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
ONK 19:7 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not (so) wickedly.
PAL 19:7 And he said, I pray, my brethren, do not thus wickedly.
JER 19:7 And Lot said to them, Wait here a little, till we have besought mercy before the Lord.
 
GENESIS 19:8
JPS 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.'
ONK 19:8 Behold, now, I have two daughters, who have not known man, I would bring them to you, and you should do to them what pleases in your eyes; only to these men do nothing, because they have entered under the shadow of my dwelling.(82)
PAL 19:8 Behold, now, I have two daughters who have had no dealing with a man; I would now bring even them out to you to do to them as is meet before you, rather than you should do evil to these men, because they have entered in to lodge under the shadow of my roof.
JER 19:8 Who have not known dealing with man.
 
GENESIS 19:9
JPS 19:9 And they said: 'Stand back.' And they said: 'This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.' And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
ONK 19:9 And they said, Go in, however! And they said, One came to sojourn, and, behold, he judgeth judgment! Now will we do worse to thee than to them; and they prevailed against the man, against Lot, greatly, and came nigh to shatter the door.
PAL 19:9 And they said, Give up this. And they said, Did not this come alone to sojourn among us? and, behold, he is making himself a judge, and judging the whole of us. But now we will do worse to thee than to them. And they prevailed against the man, against Lot, greatly, and came near, to shatter the door.
 
GENESIS 19:10
JPS 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and the door they shut.
ONK 19:10 And the men put forth their hands, and brought in Lot to be with them in the house, and shut the door.
PAL 19:10 And the Men stretched forth their hands, and brought Lot unto them in the house, and shut the door.
 
GENESIS 19:11
JPS 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
ONK 19:11 And the men who were at the gate of the house they smote with blindness,(83) from the little to the great, and they were wearied to find the gate.
PAL 19:11 But the men who were at the gate of the house they struck with a suffusion of the eyes, from the young to the old, and they wearied themselves to find the gate.
JER 19:11 With blindness.
 
GENESIS 19:12
JPS 19:12 And the men said unto Lot: 'Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out of the place;
ONK 19:12 And the men said to Lot, Whomsoever thou hast yet here, thy son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, lead out from the place:
PAL 19:12 And the Men said to Lot, Hast thou yet in this city kinsman or brother? Thy sons-in-law, thy sons and thy daughters, take forth from the place;
 
GENESIS 19:13
JPS 19:13 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.'
ONK 19:13 for we will destroy this place, because their cry is great before the Lord, and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
PAL 19:13 for the cry of it before the Lord is great, and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
 
GENESIS 19:14
JPS 19:14 And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.
ONK 19:14 And Lot went forth, and spake with his sons-in-law, the takers of his daughters, and said, Arise, come forth from this place; for the Lord will destroy the city. And he was as a trifler in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
PAL 19:14 And Lot went forth, and spake with his sons-in-law who had taken his daughters, and said, Arise, come forth from this place; for the Lord destroyeth the city. But the word was as a wonder, (and he) as a man ranting, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
 
GENESIS 19:15
JPS 19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: 'Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.'
ONK 19:15 And it was as the morning rose that the angels were urgent upon Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are found faithful with thee, lest thou be smitten with the punishment of the city.
PAL 19:15 And at the time that the morning was about to uprise, the angels were urgent upon Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are with you, lest you perish in the condemnation of the inhabitants of the city.
JER 19:15 And it was at the time of the upcoming of the column of the morning.
 
GENESIS 19:16
JPS 19:16 But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
ONK 19:16 But he delayed; and the men laid hold of his hands, and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters; for the Lord had mercy upon him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
PAL 19:16 But he delayed: and the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, for mercy from the Lord was upon them. And they brought them forth, and set them without the city.
 
GENESIS 19:17
JPS 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.'
ONK 19:17 And it was, when he had brought them without, he said, Be merciful on thy life, look not behind thee, and stand not in all the plain, escape to the mountain for deliverance, lest thou perish.
PAL 19:17 And it was that as they led them without, one of them returned into Sedom, to destroy it; and one remained with Lot, and said to him, Be merciful to your life; look not behind you, and stand not in all the plain; to the mountain escape, or you perish.
 
GENESIS 19:18
JPS 19:18 And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord;
ONK 19:18 And Lot said to them, Be entreated, O Lord;
PAL 19:18 And Lot said to him, I beseech of thee endure with me a little hour, until I have prayed for mercy from before the Lord.
JER 19:18 Be steadfast here a little with us until I have besought mercy before the Lord.
 
GENESIS 19:19
JPS 19:19 behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
ONK 19:19 behold now, Thy servant hath found mercy before Thee, and Thou hast magnified Thy goodness which Thou hast shown me in saving my life, and I cannot take refuge in the mountain, lest evil befall me, and I die.
PAL 19:19 Behold, now, thy servant hath found mercy before Thee, and Thou hast multiplied the kindness Thou hast done me in saving my life, and I am not able to escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
 
GENESIS 19:20
JPS 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; oh, let me escape thither—is it not a little one?—and my soul shall live.'
ONK 19:20 Behold now, this city is nigh, to flee there; and it is (but) small; let me now escape thither. Is it not small? and my life shall be sustained.
PAL 19:20 Behold, now, I pray, this city, it is a near habitation, and convenient (for us) to escape thither; and it is small, and the guilt thereof light. I will flee thither, then. Is it not a little one? and my life shall be preserved.
 
GENESIS 19:21
JPS 19:21 And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
ONK 19:21 And He said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee(84) in this thing also, in that I will not overthrow the city for which thou hast prayed.
PAL 19:21 And He said, Behold, I have accepted thee in this matter also, that I will not overthrow the city for which thou hast spoken, to destroy it, that thou mayest escape to it.
 
GENESIS 19:22
JPS 19:22 Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.'—Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.—
ONK 19:22 Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou be come thither. Therefore he called the name of the city Zoar.(85)
PAL 19:22 Hasten and flee thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou have entered there. Therefore he called the name of the city Zoar.
 
GENESIS 19:23
JPS 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
ONK 19:23 The sun had come forth upon the earth, and Lot entered Zoar.
PAL 19:23 The sun had passed the sea, and come forth upon the earth, at the end of three hours, and Lot entered into Zoar.
 
GENESIS 19:24
JPS 19:24 Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
ONK 19:24 And the Lord rained upon Sedom and upon Amorah sulphur and fire from before the Lord from the heavens,
PAL 19:24 And the Word of the Lord had caused showers of favour to descend upon Sedom and Amorah, to the intent that they might work repentance, but they did it not: so that they said, Wickedness is not manifest before the Lord. Behold, then, there are now sent down upon them sulphur and fire from before the Word of the Lord from heaven.
JER 19:24 And the Word of the Lord Himself had made to descend upon the people of Sedom and Amorah showers of favour, that they might work repentance from their wicked works. But when they saw the showers of favour, they said, So, our wicked works are not manifest before Him. He turned (then), and caused to descend upon them bitumen and fire from before the Lord from the heavens.
 
GENESIS 19:25
JPS 19:25 and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
ONK 19:25 and destroyed those cities and all the plain, and all the dwellers in the cities and the herbage of the earth.
PAL 19:25 And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the herbage of the earth.
 
GENESIS 19:26
JPS 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
ONK 19:26 And his wife looked behind her, and she became a statue of salt.
PAL 19:26 And his wife looked after the angel, to know what would be in the end of her father's house, for she was of the daughters of the Sedomaee; and because she sinned by salt (bemilcha) she was manifestly punished; behold, she was made a statue of salt.
JER 19:26 And because the wife of Lot was of the children of the people of Sedom, she looked behind her, to see what would be the end of her father's house: and, behold, she was made to stand a statue of salt, until the time of the resurrection shall come, when the dead shall arise.
 
GENESIS 19:27
JPS 19:27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
ONK 19:27 And Abraham ascended in the morning(86) to the place where he had ministered in prayer before the Lord;
PAL 19:27 And Abraham arose in the morning (and went) to the place where he had ministered in prayer before the Lord.
 
GENESIS 19:28
JPS 19:28 And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
ONK 19:28 and he looked toward Sedom and Amorah, and upon all the place of the plain land, and saw, and, behold, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
PAL 19:28 And he looked towards Sedom and Amorah, and all the land of the plain, and saw, and, behold, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
 
GENESIS 19:29
JPS 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
ONK 19:29 And it was when the Lord destroyed the cities of the plain, that the Lord remembered Abraham, and sent Lot from the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
PAL 19:29 And it was when the Lord destroyed the cities of the plain, that He remembered the righteousness of Abraham, and sent forth Lot from the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.
 
GENESIS 19:30
JPS 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
ONK 19:30 And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him: for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cavern, he and his two daughters.
PAL 19:30 And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; because he feared to reside in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cavern, he and his two daughters.
 
GENESIS 19:31
JPS 19:31 And the first-born said unto the younger: 'Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.
ONK 19:31 And the elder said to the younger, Our father is aged, and there is no man in the earth to go in unto us according to the way of all the earth.
PAL 19:31 And the elder said to the less, Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come to us after the way of the whole earth:
JER 19:31 And there is not a man in the land who may come with us after the law of all the earth:
 
GENESIS 19:32
JPS 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'
ONK 19:32 Come, we will pour father wine, and will lie with him, and raise up sons(87) from our father.
PAL 19:32 come, let us make our father drink wine, and when he is drunken we will lie with him, and raise up sons from our father.
 
GENESIS 19:33
JPS 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
ONK 19:33 And they poured their father wine in that night; and the elder went in and lay with her father; and he knew not, in her lying down nor in her rising up.
PAL 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night, and he was drunk. And the elder arose, and lay with her father, nor did he know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
 
GENESIS 19:34
JPS 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'
ONK 19:34 And it was in the day which followed that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I lay yesterday with the father: let us give wine also in the night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we will raise up sons from our father.
PAL 19:34 And it was the day following, and the elder said to the less, Behold, now, I lay my evening with the father; let us make him drink wine this night also, that he may be drunk; and go thou and lie with him, that we may raise up sons from our father.
 
GENESIS 19:35
JPS 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
ONK 19:35 And they gave that night also wine to their father, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he knew not, in her lying down nor in her rising up.
PAL 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also, and he was drunk, and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not in her lying down nor in her rising up.
 
GENESIS 19:36
JPS 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
ONK 19:36 And the two daughters of Lot conceived from their father;
PAL 19:36 And the two daughters of Lot became with child by their father.
 
GENESIS 19:37
JPS 19:37 And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab—the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
ONK 19:37 and the elder brought forth a son, and called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabaee unto this day.
PAL 19:37 And the elder brought forth a son, and she called his name Moab, because from her father she had conceived. He is the father of the Moabaee unto this day.
 
GENESIS 19:38
JPS 19:38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi—the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
ONK 19:38 And the younger also brought forth a son, and she called his name Bar Ammi: he is the father of the B'ni Ammon unto this day.
PAL 19:38 And the younger also brought forth a son, and she called his name Bar-Ammi, because he was the son of her father. He is the father of the Ammonite people unto this day.
 
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