Genesis 19:29
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.
a. NLT: But God had listened to
Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that
engulfed the cities on the plain.
b. NIV: So when God destroyed the
cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the
catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
c. Amplified Bible: When God
ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He
[earnestly] remembered Abraham [imprinted and fixed him indelibly on His mind],
and He sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities
where Lot lived.
d. Septuagint: And it came to pass
that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, God
remembered Abraam, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the
Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.
e. Stone Edition
Torah/Writings/Prophets: And so it was when God destroyed the cities of the
plain that God remembered Abraham; so He sent Lot from amidst the upheaval when
He overturned the cities in which Lot had lived.
1. “And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
the plain, that God remembered Abraham…”
a. God [430 * 'elohiym] [Strong: plural
of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural
thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by
way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X
exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.]
b. destroyed [7843 * shachath]
[Strong: a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or
figuratively):--batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction),
lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).]
c. cities [5892 * ‘iyr] [Strong: from 5782 a
city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere
encampment or post):--Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.]
d. plain [3603 * kikkar] [Strong: from 3769;
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, expec. the Ghor
or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large (round)
coin):--loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.]
e. God [430 * 'elohiym] See above.
f. remembered [2142 * zakar]
[Strong: a primitive root; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to
remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to
be male:--X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be
mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call,
come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.]
g. Abraham [85 * ‘Abraham]
[Strong: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to
be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of
Abram:--Abraham.]
1). In this passage it is revealed
that it was because of Abraham’s intercession that Lot was delivered. The
intercession is shown earlier in Genesis.
a). Genesis 18:23-33 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou
also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
18:24 Peradventure there be fifty
righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for
the fifty righteous that are therein?
19:25 That be far from thee to do
after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge
of all the earth do right?
19:26 And the Lord said,
If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the
place for their sakes.
19:27 And Abraham answered and
said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto theLord, which am but dust
and ashes:
19:28 Peradventure there shall
lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of
five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
19:29 And he spake unto him yet
again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I
will not do it for forty's sake.
19:30 And he said unto him, Oh let
not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall
thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
19:31 And he said, Behold now, I
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be
twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
19:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be
angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
19:33 And the Lord went
his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned
unto his place.
2. “…and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he
overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.”
a. and sent [7971 * shalach]
[Strong: a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of
applications):--X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out),
conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart
(down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send
(away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).]
b. Lot [3876 * Lowt] [Strong: the
same as 3876; Lot, Abraham's nephew:--Lot.]
c. out of the midst [8432 * tavek]
[Strong: from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by
implication) the centre:--among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-),
in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X
with(-in).]
d. of the overthrow [2018 * haphekah]
[Strong: feminine of 2016; destruction:--overthrow.]
e. overthrew [2015 * haphak]
[Strong: a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change,
overturn, return, pervert:--X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a
bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to
the contrary, every way).]
f. the cities [5892 * ‘iyr]
[Strong: from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in
the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):--Ai (from margin), city,
court (from margin), town.]
g. in the which [2004 * hen]
[Strong: feminine plural from 1931; they (only used when emphatic):-- X
in, such like, (with) them, thereby, therein, (more than) they, wherein, in
which, whom, withal.]
h. Lot [3876 * Lowt] See “Lot”
above.
i. dwelt [3427 * yashab] [Strong: a
primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in
quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to
marry:--(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease
self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant),
make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain,
return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place)
-uate), take, tarry.]
1). In the New Testament there is a
passage that reveals that Lot’s righteousness contributed to his deliverance.
a). 2 Peter 2:6-9 And turning the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow,
making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed
with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2:8 (For that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day
to day with their unlawful deeds;)
2:9 The Lord knoweth how to
deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of
judgment to be punished:
3). Lot may be in heaven and he may
not. His deliverance from the destruction of Sodom does not prove he went to
heaven. What happened to him after he escaped destruction is given in the same
chapter, a horrible series of events I believe tied to not only alcohol, but
also the negative effect of living in Sodom for about 20 years. Lot’s children
are described in a negative manner later in Scripture.
a). Psalm 83:6-8 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites;
of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;
the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
83:8 Assur also is joined with
them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
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