Genesis 19
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Genesis 19:15-28

15WhenH3644 morningH7837 dawnedH5927, the angelsH4397 urgedH213 LotH3876, sayingH559, “Up, takeH3947 your wifeH802 and your twoH8147 daughtersH1323 who are hereH4672, orH6435 you will be sweptH5595 awayH5595 in the 1punishmentH5771 of the cityH5892.” 16But he hesitatedH4102. So the menH376 2seizedH2388 his handH3027 and the handH3027 of his wifeH802 and the 3handsH3027 of his twoH8147 daughtersH1323, for 4the compassionH2551 of the LordH3068 was upon him; and they broughtH3318 him out, and putH5117 him outsideH4480H2351 the cityH5892. 17When they had broughtH3318 them outsideH2351, 5one saidH559, “6EscapeH4422 for your lifeH5315! 7Do not lookH5027 behindH310 you, and do not stayH5975 8anywhereH3605 in the 9valleyH3603; escapeH4422 to 10the 11mountainsH2022, orH6435 you will be sweptH5595 awayH5595.” 18But LotH3876 saidH559 to them, “OhH4994 noH408, my lordsH136! 19NowH4994 beholdH2009, your servantH5650 has foundH4672 favorH2580 in your sightH5869, and you have magnifiedH1431 your lovingkindnessH2617, whichH834 you have shownH6213 me by savingH2421 my lifeH5315; but I cannotH3201H3808 escapeH4422 to the 12mountainsH2022, for the disasterH7463 will overtakeH1692 me and I will dieH4191; 20nowH4994 beholdH2009, thisH2088 townH5892 is nearH7138 enough to fleeH5127 to, and it is smallH4705. PleaseH4994, let me escapeH4422 thereH8033 (is it not smallH4705?) 13that my lifeH5315 may be savedH2421.” 21He saidH559 to him, “BeholdH2009, I grantH5375 you thisH2088 14requestH1697 alsoH1571, not to overthrowH2015 the townH5892 of whichH834 you have spokenH1696. 22HurryH4116, escapeH4422 thereH8033, for I cannotH3201H3808 doH6213 anythingH1697 untilH5704 you arriveH935 thereH8033.” ThereforeH5921H3651 the nameH8034 of the townH5892 was calledH7121 1516ZoarH6820.

23The sunH8121 had risenH3318 overH5921 the earthH776 when LotH3876 cameH935 to ZoarH6820. 24Then the LordH3068 17rainedH4305 on SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017 brimstoneH1614 and fireH784 from the LordH3068 out of heavenH8064, 25and 18He overthrewH2015 thoseH411 citiesH5892, and allH3605 the 19valleyH3603, and allH3605 the inhabitantsH3427 of the citiesH5892, and whatH6780 grewH6780 on the groundH127. 26But his wifeH802, from behindH310 him, 20lookedH5027 back, and she becameH1961 a pillarH5333 of saltH4417.

27Now AbrahamH85 aroseH7925 earlyH7925 in the morningH1242 and went to 21the placeH4725 whereH834H8033 he had stoodH5975 beforeH6440 the LordH3068; 28and he lookedH8259 downH8259 towardH5921H6440 SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017, and towardH5921H6440 allH3605 the landH776 of the 22valleyH3603, and he sawH7200, and beholdH2009, 23the smokeH7008 of the landH776 ascendedH5927 like the smokeH7008 of a 24furnaceH3536.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 19:15 Or iniquity ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 19:16 Deut 5:15; 6:21; 7:8; 2 Pet 2:7 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 19:16 Lit hand ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 19:16 Ex 34:7; Ps 32:10; 33:18, 19 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 19:17 Lit he ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 19:17 Jer 48:6 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 19:17 Gen 19:26 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 19:17 Lit in all the circle ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 19:17 Gen 13:10 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 19:17 Gen 14:10 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 19:17 Lit mountain ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 19:19 Lit mountain ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 19:20 Lit and my soul will live ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 19:21 Lit thing ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 19:22 I.e. small ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 19:22 Gen 13:10; 14:2 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 19:24 Deut 29:23; Ps 11:6; Is 13:19; Ezek 16:49, 50; Luke 17:29; Jude 7 ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 19:25 Deut 29:23; Ps 107:34; Is 13:19; Lam 4:6; 2 Pet 2:6 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 19:25 Lit circle ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 19:26 Gen 19:17; Luke 17:32 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 19:27 Gen 18:22 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 19:28 Lit circle ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 19:28 Rev 9:2; 18:9 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 19:28 Lit kiln ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 19

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