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Genesis 19:19

הִנֵּה נָא מָצָא עַבְדְּךָ חֵן בְּ עֵינֶיךָ וַ תַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְ הַחֲיֹות אֶת נַפְשִׁי וְ אָנֹכִי לֹא אוּכַל לְ הִמָּלֵט הָ הָרָה פֶּן תִּדְבָּקַנִי הָ רָעָה וָ מַתִּי
Behold, now, your slave has found a favored-one in your eyes, and you are causing to grow up your kind-one678 which you have made by-me,679 to cause to live my breath, and myself I am not able to escape the Mountain-ward, lest the Ruined-one is cleaving-to me,680 and I have died.
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Lot refers to “The Evil”, Hebrew הָרָעָ֖ה ha-ra’ah. Feminine form + definite article. Lot is not wanting her to cleave…