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

19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil should take me, and I die: 20Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a small one: O, let me escape there, (is it not a small one?) and my soul shall live. And he said to him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for which thou hast spoken. 22Haste thee, escape there; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

Genesis 19:21 word by word

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

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Seeהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• acceptedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
• theeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: kindnessH6440
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• overthrowהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Genesis 19:21

• Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And to thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Job 42:8Therefore take to you now seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
• Psalms 102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
• Psalms 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Jeremiah 14:10Thus saith the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
• Matthew 12:20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he shall send forth justice to victory.
• Luke 11:8I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
• Hebrews 2:17Therefore in all things it behoved him to be made like his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
• Hebrews 4:15For we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
• Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• Genesis 18:24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that 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