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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.

Context of Genesis 19:21

19Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.” He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.) 23By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

Genesis 19:21 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto him, Seeהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I have acceptedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
• theeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: kindnessH6440
• concerning this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• also, that I will not overthrowהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• for the whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• thou hast spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Genesis 19:21

• Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
• Job 42:8So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;
• Psalms 102:17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
• Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
• Jeremiah 14:10This is what the Lord says about this people: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.”
• Matthew 12:20A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory.
• Luke 11:8I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
• Hebrews 2:17For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
• Genesis 12:2“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
• Genesis 18:24What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people 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