Genesis 19:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ Lot hesitated, but the men took him by the hand, along with his wife and his two daughters. They showed him the mercy of the Lord by bringing him out and leading him out of the city. ¹⁷ After they had led him out, one of them said, “Flee for your life. Do not look back and do not stop while you are still in the valley. Flee to the mountains lest you be swept away.”

¹⁸ But Lot replied, “No, my lord!