Genesis 19:28

And he looked down toward Sodom and Amora, and toward all the eretz of the plain, and hinei, he saw kitor (smoke, steam) of the eretz go up like kitor of a furnace.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27And Avraham got up early in the boker to the makom where he stood there before Hashem;

29And it came to pass, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that zikron Avraham came to Elohim, and He sent Lot out of the midst of the hafekhah (upheaval, destruction, overthrow), when He overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:34An eretz p'ri (fruitful land) into salt wasteland, 1 because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 1

2 Peter 2:7And if Hashem delivered Lot, a tzaddik distressed by the hitnahagut (conduct) of the mufkarim + 2:7 2:8,10; 3:17 (lawless) walking in darchei zimah (the ways of licentiousness)

Revelation 9:2And he opened the shaft of the Tehom (Abyss), and smoke came up out of the shaft as smoke of a great furnace, and the shemesh (sun) was darkened and the air was darkened by the smoke of the shaft. + 9:2 Gn 19:28; Ex 19:18; Yoel 2:2,10

Revelation 18:9And the melachim (kings) of ha'aretz, the ones having committed zenut (fornication) with her and having lived in luxury, when they see the smoke of her burning, will weep and wail over her. + 18:9 Jer 51:8; Ezek 26:17,18

Revelation 19:3And again they said, “Praise Hashem! The smoke of her ascends l'olemei olamim!” + 19:3 Isa 34:10

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:28-30

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. 29 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. Our communion with God consists in our gracious regard to him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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