Genesis 19:21
19 Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
23 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
- 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.
- WEB
- He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
- ASV
- And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
- DARBY
- And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
- BLB
- And he said to him, “Behold, I have sustained you also concerning this thing without overthrowing the city about which you have spoken.
- ÅB
- Da sa han til ham: Vel, jeg har også bønnhørt deg i dette stykke; jeg skal ikke ødelegge den by du taler om.
- OTB
- Han svarte ham: "Jeg vil også innvilge denne forespørselen; jeg vil ikke ødelegge byen du snakker om.
- B1930
- Da sa han til ham: Vel, jeg har også bønnhørt dig i dette stykke; jeg skal ikke ødelegge den by du taler om.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Read in contextPsalms 102:17
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
Read in contextJob 42:8–9
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
Read in contextPsalms 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Read in contextLuke 11:8
I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Read in contextGenesis 18:24
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
Read in contextMatthew 12:20
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Read in contextHebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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