Genesis 19:29

Mercy and compassion Salvation God's faithfulness

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

²⁸ And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

³⁰ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

³¹ And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

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.

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BSB: So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
KJV: And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
WEB: When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
ASV: And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
DARBY: And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
BLB: And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.

ÅB: Slik gikk det til at da Gud ødela byene på sletten, da kom Gud Abraham i hu og førte Lot midt ut av ødeleggelsen - dengang han ødela de byer som Lot hadde bodd i.
OTB: Så det var at da Gud ødela byene på sletten, husket Han Abraham, og sendte Lot ut av midten av omstyrtelsen, da Han omstyrtet byene der Lot hadde bodd.
B1930: Således gikk det til at da Gud ødela byene på sletten, da kom Gud Abraham i hu og førte Lot midt ut av ødeleggelsen - dengang han ødela de byer som Lot hadde bodd i.

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Cross references

Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
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Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Psalms 25:7
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
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Genesis 18:23–33
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
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Psalms 106:4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
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2 Peter 2:7
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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Psalms 105:42
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
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