Genesis 19:28

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain. He looked and behold, smoke was rising from the land like the smoke of a furnace.

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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

27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God called Abraham to mind. He sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:34and a fruitful land into a barren place 1 because of the wickedness of its people. 1

2 Peter 2:7But as for the righteous Lot, he was oppressed by the sensual behavior of lawless people.

Revelation 9:2He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air turned dark by the smoke pouring out of the shaft.

Revelation 18:9The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and went out of control with her will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.

Revelation 19:3They spoke a second time: 1 “Hallelujah! 1 The smoke rises from her forever and ever.”

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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