Genesis 19
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Genesis 19:19-30

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 1mountainsH2022, 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?) 2that my lifeH5315 may be savedH2421.” 21He saidH559 to him, “BeholdH2009, I grantH5375 you thisH2088 3requestH1697 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 45ZoarH6820.

23The sunH8121 had risenH3318 overH5921 the earthH776 when LotH3876 cameH935 to ZoarH6820. 24Then the LordH3068 6rainedH4305 on SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017 brimstoneH1614 and fireH784 from the LordH3068 out of heavenH8064, 25and 7He overthrewH2015 thoseH411 citiesH5892, and allH3605 the 8valleyH3603, and allH3605 the inhabitantsH3427 of the citiesH5892, and whatH6780 grewH6780 on the groundH127. 26But his wifeH802, from behindH310 him, 9lookedH5027 back, and she becameH1961 a pillarH5333 of saltH4417.

27Now AbrahamH85 aroseH7925 earlyH7925 in the morningH1242 and went to 10the placeH4725 whereH834H8033 he had stoodH5975 beforeH6440 the LordH3068; 28and he lookedH8259 downH8259 towardH5921H6440 SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017, and towardH5921H6440 allH3605 the landH776 of the 11valleyH3603, and he sawH7200, and beholdH2009, 12the smokeH7008 of the landH776 ascendedH5927 like the smokeH7008 of a 13furnaceH3536.

29Thus it cameH1961 about, when GodH430 destroyedH7843 the citiesH5892 of the 14valleyH3603, that 15GodH430 rememberedH2142 AbrahamH85, and 16sentH7971 LotH3876 out of the midstH8432 of the overthrowH2018, when He overthrewH2015 the citiesH5892 in whichH834 LotH3876 livedH3427.

30LotH3876 wentH5927 up from ZoarH6820, and 1718stayedH3427 in the 19mountainsH2022, and his twoH8147 daughtersH1323 with him; for he was afraidH3372 to 20stayH3427 in ZoarH6820; and he 21stayedH3427 in a caveH4631, he and his twoH8147 daughtersH1323.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 19:19 Lit mountain ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 19:20 Lit and my soul will live ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 19:21 Lit thing ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 19:22 I.e. small ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 19:22 Gen 13:10; 14:2 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 19:24 Deut 29:23; Ps 11:6; Is 13:19; Ezek 16:49, 50; Luke 17:29; Jude 7 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 19:25 Deut 29:23; Ps 107:34; Is 13:19; Lam 4:6; 2 Pet 2:6 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 19:25 Lit circle ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 19:26 Gen 19:17; Luke 17:32 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 19:27 Gen 18:22 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 19:28 Lit circle ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 19:28 Rev 9:2; 18:9 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 19:28 Lit kiln ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 19:29 Lit circle ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 19:29 Deut 7:8; 9:5, 27 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 19:29 2 Pet 2:7 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 19:30 Lit dwelt ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 19:30 Gen 19:17, 19 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 19:30 Lit mountain ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 19:30 Lit dwell ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 19:30 Lit dwelt ↩

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