Genesis 19:23

Genesis 19:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
• New International Version (NIV)By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar.

Context of Genesis 19:23

21The angel said to Lot, ‘OK, I will let you do what you have asked. I will not destroy that town. 22But run there quickly. I cannot do anything until you arrive in the town.’ (The name of the town became ‘Zoar’, because it was small.) Lot reached Zoar at the time when the sun was rising that morning. 24Then the Lord poured sulphur that was on fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah. It fell from the sky like rain. 25In that way God destroyed those cities and everything in the valley. He killed all the people who lived in those cities. And he killed all the plants that grew on the land.

Genesis 19:23 word by word

הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ יָצָ֣א עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְל֖וֹט בָּ֥א צֹֽעֲרָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• was risenיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: (sun)riseH3318
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• when Lotלוֹטlôţ · LotH3876
• enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into Zoarצֹ֫עַרtsô‛ar · ZoarH6820

Commentaries on Genesis 19:23

• 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. 23-25Compare Luke 17:29. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, along with more recent natural disasters, shows how quickly a complete disaster like this can happen.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. there came two angels--most probably two of those that had been with Abraham, commissioned to execute the divine judgment against Sodom. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom--In Eastern cities it is the market, the seat of justice, of social intercourse and amusement, especially a favorite lounge in the evenings, the arched roof affording a pleasant shade.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 19:23

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Judgments
• Rising
• Sodom
• Zoar

In the dictionaries

• Lot
• Zoar
• Abraham
• Angel
• Bela
• Cave
• Concerning
• Deal
• Escape
• Pillar

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