Genesis 19:21

Genesis 19:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
• New International Version (NIV)He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he said to him, “See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

Context of Genesis 19:21

19Your servant has indeed found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can’t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. 20Look, this town is close enough for me to flee to. It is a small place. Please let me run to it — it’s only a small place, isn’t it? — so that I can survive.” And he said to him, “All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned. 22Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. 23The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar.

Genesis 19:21 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּה֙ נָשָׂ֣אתִי פָנֶ֔יךָ גַּ֖ם לַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה לְבִלְתִּ֛י הָפְכִּ֥י אֶת־הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto him, Seeהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I have acceptedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
• theeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: kindnessH6440
• concerning this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• also, that I will not overthrowהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• for the whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• thou hast spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Genesis 19:21

• Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
• Job 42:8Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry for help.
• Psalms 102:17He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.
• Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry for help and saves them.
• Jeremiah 14:10This is what the Lord says concerning these people: Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet. So the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
• Matthew 12:20He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not put out a smoldering wick, until he has led justice to victory.
• Luke 11:8I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
• Hebrews 2:17Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
• Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
• Genesis 18:24What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it?

Commentaries on Genesis 19:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21See, I have accepted thee - How prevalent is prayer with God! Far from refusing to grant a reasonable petition, he shows himself as if under embarrassment to deny any.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-38Verses 1-38 - The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־ gesh -hāl'âh “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37. מואב mô'āb Moab; מאב mē'āb “from a father.” בן־עמי ben -‛amı̂y Ben-ammi, “son of my people.” עמון ‛amôn Ammon, “of the people.” This chapter is the continuation and conclusion of the former. It records a part of God‘s strange work - strange…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-22Lot asked the angels for permission to live in the small town of Zoar (which means "little place") even after they saved him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. See, I have accepted thee concerning this ... also--His request was granted him, the prayer of faith availed, and to convince him, from his own experience, that it would have been best and safest at once to follow implicitly the divine directions.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 19:21

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Lot
• Sodom
• Zoar

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Commentaries on Genesis 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings