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

19Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your compassion, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die; 20now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) so that my life may be saved.” And he said to him, “Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. 22Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the town was named Zoar. 23The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Genesis 19:21 word by word

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

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to him, “Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I grantנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
• you thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• requestדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• not to overthrowהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• the townעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Genesis 19:21

• Genesis 4:7If you do well, will your face not be cheerful? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
• Job 42:8Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so as not to do with you as your foolishness deserves, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has.”
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help.
• Psalms 102:17He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
• Psalms 145:19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry for help and save them.
• Jeremiah 14:10This is what the Lord says to this people: “So much they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; now He will remember their wrongdoing and call their sins to account.”
• Matthew 12:20A bent reed He will not break off, And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish, Until He leads justice to victory.
• Luke 11:8I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet because of his shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
• Hebrews 2:17Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brothers so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things just as we are, yet without sin.
• Genesis 12:2And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;
• Genesis 18:24Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous 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