Genesis 19:21

He answered, “I have also granted you this favor, in that I will not destroy the village of which you have spoken.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20See now, this village is near enough to run to, and it is small. Oh, let me escape there, and my life will be saved.”

22Make haste, escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the village was called Zoar.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation; and I will surely bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are towards the righteous, his ears are towards their cry for help.

Psalms 145:19He will fulfil the desires of those who revere him; he will hear their cry for help and save them.

Matthew 12:20a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he has brought the judgment to a victorious issue,

Hebrews 2:17And consequently it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers and sisters, in order that he might prove a merciful as well as a faithful high priest in humanity’s relations with God, for the purpose of expiating the sins of his people.

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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