Genesis 19:17
And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: “Save your life. Do not look back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish.”
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In Context
18And Lot said to them: “I beg you, my lord,
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord.
Genesis 19:22Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.
1 Samuel 19:11Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, saying, “Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,”
1 Kings 19:3Therefore, Elijah was afraid. And rising up, he went away to wherever his will would carry him. And he arrived in Beersheba of Judah. And he dismissed his servant there.
Jeremiah 48:6Flee, save your lives! And you shall be like a saltcedar tree in the desert.
Matthew 24:16then those who are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:16-24
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind… Read the whole commentary →