Keraia
Genesis 19

Genesis 19:25

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah · Genesis 19:24–29
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Translations

Modern
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
Traditional
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Literal
And He overthrew these cities, and all the plain, and all those dwelling in the cities, and what grew on the ground.
Latin
…et subvertit civitates has, et omnem circa regionem, universos habitatores urbium, et cuncta terræ virentia.

Original

Hebrew
English
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

Notes

Genesis 19:23–25

Compare Luke 17:29. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, along with more recent natural disasters, shows how quickly a complete disaster like this can happen.

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

Parallels

Luke 17:20–37

Glossary

Abraham 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 Zoar

Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked Death: As a Judgment: Sodomites Gomorrah: Destroyed Holy Spirit: People of Sodom Judgments: Sodomites Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Phenomena of Fire from Heaven Upon the Cities of the Plain Sodom: Destroyed on Account of the Wickedness of the People Sodomites: Destroyed by Fire As a Judgement The Anger of God: Exemplified Against: Cities of the Plain