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Markdown
33 lines
906 B
Markdown
# Stand back!
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"Step aside!" or "Get out of our way!"
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# This one came here to live as a foreigner
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"This one came here as an outsider" or "This foreigner came to live here"
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# and now
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"but even though he has no good reason to"
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# he has become our judge
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"he acts as if he has the authority to tell us what is right and what is wrong"
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# Now we
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"Because you are telling us that what we are doing is wrong, we"
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# we will deal worse with you than with them
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"we will act more wickedly with you than we will with them"
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# They pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near to break down the door
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Possible meanings are 1) "They kept coming closer to the man, to Lot, until they were close enough to break down the door" or 2) they physically pushed Lot up against the wall or door of the house and were about to break the door down.
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# the man ... Lot
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This is two ways of referring to Lot.
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