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

21“All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village. 22But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”) Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon. 24Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. 25He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.

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