Genesis 19:21

Translations

Modern

“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And he said to him, “Behold, I have sustained you also concerning this thing without overthrowing the city about which you have spoken.

Latin

Dixitque ad eum: Ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas, ut non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

Notes

Genesis 19:18–22

Lot asked the angels for permission to live in the small town of Zoar (which means "little place") even after they saved him.

Genesis 19:15–23

Lot escaped God's judgment because of God's grace, but Lot was still hesitant to leave Sodom. Israel would forever remember Lot as someone who hesitated and needed angels to pull him to safety. The Lord was merciful and spared Lot because of Abraham (18:23; 19:29).
Today, people who follow God often feel pressure to copy the wrong ways that many people live. God asks his followers to live differently from people who do not follow him. This means Christians should choose actions and behaviors that show they belong to God (1 John 2:15–17). God will judge the corrupt systems of the world. This judgment will be even more severe than the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Matthew 11:23–24).

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Symbolic Numbers

Events

Sodom Destroyedc. 1897 BC

Related verses

Psalm 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Psalm 102:17
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
Job 42:8–9
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
Hebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 4:15–16
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
Luke 11:8
I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 18:24
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
Jeremiah 14:10
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

Glossary

Abraham Ben-Ammi Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Jude, Letter of Lot Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Remnant Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked Answers To Prayer: Lot Lot: The Son of Haran: Disobediently Protests Against Going to the Mountains, and Chooses Zoar Sodom: Destroyed on Account of the Wickedness of the People Zoar: Not Destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah

Genesis 19:21

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