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Genesis 19:25

Judgment

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

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BSB
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
KJV
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
WEB
He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
ASV
and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
DARBY
and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.
BLB
And He overthrew these cities, and all the plain, and all those dwelling in the cities, and what grew on the ground.
ÅB
Og han ødela disse byer og hele sletten og alle dem som bodde i byene, og det som vokste på marken.
OTB
Han omstyrtet disse byene og hele sletten, alle innbyggerne i byene, og det som vokste på bakken.
B1930
Og han ødela disse byer og hele sletten og alle dem som bodde i byene, og det som vokste på marken.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 107:34

    A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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  • Genesis 14:3

    All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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