1 Then the three qodesh men of Elohim departed from our camp, and I walked with them to bring them on their way toward Seḏom.
2 And the one who had before spoken, said to me, Aḇraham, we are from the city of Ḥanoḵ and are ordained after the qodesh order of Elohim.
3 We have come not only to baraḵ Sarah that you might have seed raised up to you out of her, but also on a mission which brings us sorrow.
4 Nevertheless, the Word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 came to me saying, Shall I hide from Aḇraham that thing which I will do?
5 No, surely for his integrity he shall know what I am about to do.
6 Wherefore, Aḇraham, have you looked upon the iniquities of Seḏom and her sister cities?
7 For they have provoked 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 with their abominations.
8 For four times in each year they gather together to sing and dance before their mighty ones and when they are dancing every man lays hold upon the wives and daughters of his neighbors and lies with them and this they do without authority from Elohim, which thing is an abomination in His sight.
9 But, behold, this is the least of their sins.
10 For no man is safe who enters their city, for when a stranger enters there, they will take from him his goods by force and they will abuse his body, for both men and women will they bind and crowds of the Seḏomites will gather about them and lie with them by force until everyone who desire to lie with them has done so.
11 Now it is a wicked thing that men or women should be forced to lie with another against their will, but here the whole city united to force this wicked thing.
12 Moreover, when they have stolen a man’s goods and abused his flesh, they will torture him and when they tire of torturing him, they will leave him naked and without food or water to die in the streets of their city and it is forbidden by the law for anyone to help such a one by giving him food or drink.
13 Moreover, the people of these cities have numerous mighty ones before which they practice every kind of abomination without authority.
14 Wherefore, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 has sent us to gather the righteous out of the cities before they are destroyed.
15 So saying, the three embraced me and kissed me and went on their way toward Seḏom.
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