Genesis 19:18

Lot said to one of the angels, “My lord, you have been very kind to me and you have saved my life, but I cannot run all the way to the hill country, it is too far. I just can't make it and so I will die like everyone else.

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In The King James Version

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

In Context

17As soon as they were all outside, one of the angels said to them, “Run away quickly. Do not look back, but keep running until you get to the hills. Do not stop anywhere on the plain country. If you don't do as I say, you will die like all the people in Sodom.”

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Cross References

Genesis 32:26The man said, “Let go of me. The sun is coming up!” But Jacob said, “No way! I will only let you go if you bless me and do something good for me and make me strong.”

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 →

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