Genesis 19:15

Genesis 19:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
• New International Version (NIV)With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”

Context of Genesis 19:15

13We will soon destroy this city. Everybody knows how bad the people who live here are. As a result, the Lord has sent us to destroy this place.’ 14So Lot went out of his house. He spoke to the men who would marry his daughters. He said to them, ‘Hurry! Leave this city now, because the Lord has decided to destroy it.’ But the men did not believe Lot. They thought he was not being serious. At dawn, the two angels told Lot he must leave quickly. They said to him, ‘Hurry! Take your wife and take your two daughters who are here. If you do not go quickly, you will all die when the Lord destroys the city.’ 16But Lot did not move. So the angels took hold of Lot's hand, as well as the hands of his wife and his two daughters. The Lord was very kind to Lot and his family and the angels led them away from the city. 17When they had reached a place outside the city, one of the angels said, ‘Now run! Your lives are in danger. Do not look behind you! Do not stop anywhere in this valley. Run up into the mountains or you will die.’

Genesis 19:15 word by word

וּכְמוֹ֙ הַשַּׁ֣חַר עָלָ֔ה וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים בְּל֣וֹט לֵאמֹ֑ר קוּם֩ קַ֨ח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ֜ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּ֤י בְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ הַנִּמְצָאֹ֔ת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶ֖ה בַּעֲוֹ֥ן הָעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And whenכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• the morningשַׁ֫חַרshachar · dawnH7837
• aroseעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: dawnH5927
• then the angelsמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• hastenedאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213
• Lotלוֹטlôţ · LotH3876
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thy wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and thy twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• which are hereמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• lest thou be consumedסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
• in the iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: punishmentH5771
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for Genesis 19:15

• Genesis 19:17When they had reached a place outside the city, one of the angels said, ‘Now run! Your lives are in danger. Do not look behind you! Do not stop anywhere in this valley. Run up into the mountains or you will die.’
• Numbers 16:24‘Tell the people to move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’
• Proverbs 6:4Do not let yourself sleep or even stop to rest until you have met with him.
• Luke 13:24Jesus said to the people there, ‘Do your best to go in through the narrow door. I tell you that many people will want to get in there. But they will not be able to go through it.
• 2 Corinthians 6:2In the Bible God says: ‘I listened to your prayer at the right time for me to help you. I helped you on the right day for me to save you.’ Listen! The right time is now! The day for God to save you is now!
• Hebrews 3:7God's Holy Spirit says this: ‘You must listen when you hear God speak today.
• Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice which spoke from heaven. It said: ‘My people, leave the city! Come out! Do not do the bad things that the people of that city have done. Then you will not receive the terrible troubles that God sends to them.

Commentaries on Genesis 19:15

• 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. 15-23Lot escaped God's judgment because of God's grace, but Lot was still hesitant to leave Sodom. Israel would forever remember Lot as someone who hesitated and needed angels to pull him to safety. The Lord was merciful and spared Lot because of Abraham (18:23; 19:29). Today, people who follow God often feel pressure to copy the wrong ways that many people live. God asks his followers to live differently from people who do not follow him. This means…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. The kindly interest the angels took in the preservation of Lot is beautifully displayed. But he "lingered." Was it from sorrow at the prospect of losing all his property, the acquisition of many years? Or was it that his benevolent heart was paralyzed by thoughts of the awful crisis? This is the charitable way of accounting for a delay that would have been fatal but for the friendly urgency of the angel.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 19:15

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Children
• Company
• Sodom

In the dictionaries

• Lot
• Abraham
• Angel
• Cave
• Concerning
• Deal
• Escape
• Pillar
• Press
• Remember

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