## Lot went out ## This could be translated "So Lot left the house." ## his sons-in-law, the men who had promised to marry his daughters ## The phrase "the men who had promised to marry his daughters" explains what "sons-in-law" means here. It could also be translated as "the men who were going to marry his daughters" or "his daughters' fiancés" ## Get going ## "Go now" ## so you are not swept away ## "or else you will be swept away." ## swept away ## "destroyed" or "wiped out" ## in the punishment of the city ## This can also be translated as "when the city is punished" or "when we destroy the city" (ULB).