Genesis 19:17
And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18And Lot saide vnto them, Not so, I pray thee, my Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.
Genesis 19:22Haste thee, saue thee there: for I can doe nothing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the citie was called Zoar.
1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.
1 Kings 19:3When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.
Jeremiah 48:6Flee and saue your liues, and be like vnto the heath in the wildernesse.
Matthew 24:16Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.
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 →