Genesis 19:21

And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to + 19:21 Gr. your countenance. you also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which you have spoken.

LXX2012 (British)

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

20Behold this city is near for me to escape there, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of you.

22Hasten therefore to escape there, for I shall not be able to do anything until you are come there; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.

Exodus 33:17And the Lord said to Moses, I will also do for you this thing, which you have spoken; for you have found grace before me, and I know you above all.

Psalms 34:15Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were + 34:15 The Gr. is repeated, by a Hebraism. plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but + 34:15 See Acts 2:37. repented not. 1

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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