Genesis 19:18

Lot said to them, “No, please, my masters!

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

17When they had brought them out, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, or stay anywhere on the plain. Escape to the mountains so you are not swept away.”

19Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life, but I cannot escape to the mountains, because the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:26The man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Isaiah 45:11This is what Yahweh says, the Holy One of Israel, his Maker: 1 'Why do you ask questions about what I will do for my children? Do you tell me what to do concerning the work of my hands?' 1

Acts 9:13But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.

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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