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BSB § “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
OEB He answered, ‘I have also granted you this favour, in that I will not destroy the village of which you have spoken.
WEBBE He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “Very well,” he replied, “I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.
LSV And he says to him, “Behold, I have also accepted your face for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which you have spoken;
FBV “Fine—I'll do as you ask,” he replied. “I won't destroy this town you've mentioned.
T4T One of the angels said to Lot, “I will allow you to do what you have requested [MTY]. I will not destroy the little town you are speaking about.
LEB And he said to him, “Behold, I will grant this favor as well;[fn] that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
BBE And he said, See, I have given you your request in this one thing more: I will not send destruction on this town.
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JPS And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
ASV And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
DRA And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.
YLT And he saith unto him, 'Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which thou hast spoken;
Drby And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
RV And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
Wbstr And he said to him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for which thou hast spoken.
KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee/you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou/you hast spoken. )
KJB-1611 [fn]And he said vnto him, See, I haue accepted thee concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for the which thou hast spoken.
(And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee/you concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou/you hast spoken.)
Bshps And he sayde to hym: See, I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing, that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken.
(And he said to him: See, I have received thy/your request as concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrowe this city for the which thou/you hast spoken.)
Gnva Then he said vnto him, Beholde, I haue receiued thy request also concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for the which thou hast spoken.
(Then he said unto him, Behold, I have received thy/your request also concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou/you hast spoken. )
Cvdl Then sayde he vnto him: Beholde, I haue loked vpon the in this poynte also, that I will not ouerthrowe the cite, wherof thou hast spoken.
(Then said he unto him: Behold, I have looked upon the in this poynte also, that I will not ouerthrowe the city, wherof thou/you hast spoken.)
Wyc And he seide to Loth, Lo! also in this Y haue resseyued thi preieris, that Y distrye not the citee, for which thou hast spoke;
(And he said to Lot, Lo! also in this I have received thy/your prayeris, that I distrye not the city, for which thou/you hast spoke;)
Luth Da sprach er zu ihm: Siehe, ich habe auch in diesem Stück dich angesehen, daß ich die Stadt nicht umkehre, davon du geredet hast.
(So spoke he to him: See, I have also in this_one Stück you/yourself angesehen, that I the city not umkehre, davon you geredet hast.)
ClVg Dixitque ad eum: Ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas, ut non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es.[fn]
(And_he_said to eum: Behold also in this suscepi preces tuas, as not/no subvertam city for which spoke es. )
BrTr And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to [fn]thee also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which thou hast spoken.
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἰδοὺ ἐθαύμασά σου τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι τούτῳ, τοῦ μὴ καταστρέψαι τὴν πόλιν περὶ ἧς ἐλάλησας.
(Kai eipen autōi, idou ethaumasa sou to prosōpon kai epi tōi ɽaʸmati toutōi, tou maʸ katastrepsai taʸn polin peri haʸs elalaʸsas. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
and=he/it_said
This phrase probably refers to the same angel who spoke to Lot in verse 17. Make sure it does not sound like Lot is the one speaking here. Alternate translation: “The angel said”
הִנֵּה֙
see/lo/see!
Alternate translation: “Listen,” or “Here is what I will do:”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
נָשָׂ֣אתִי פָנֶ֔יךָ גַּ֖ם לַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה
grant favor,you also/yet to=the_word/thing/matter the=this
Consider what is the best way in your language to translate the idiom lifted up your face here. Alternate translation: “I will grant your request,” or “I will permit you to do what you have requested,”
לְבִלְתִּ֛י הָפְכִּ֥י
to=not overthrow,I
Alternate translation: “so I will not overturn”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
אֶת הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ
DOM the=city which/who spoken
For some languages it may be clearer or more natural to put this clause earlier in the sentence and say, “I will allow you to go to the small town that you are talking about, and I will not destroy it.” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “the small town that you mentioned.”
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Sodom and Gomorrah Are Destroyed
Genesis 18-19
Author’s note: This article assumes that Sodom, Gomorrah, and Bela (Zoar) were located at Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira, and Khirbat ash-Sheikh `Isa, respectively. The exact locations of the cities of the plain are widely debated, with the primary dispute centering around whether the cities are to be found in the northern area of the Dead Sea (since Lot headed east from Bethel [Genesis 13]) or the southern area (as the Medeba Map shows). It is beyond the scope of this article to present all the evidence to support a southern location, but many of them are well summarized here: “The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.” In addition, Eusebius in his Onomasticon describes the Dead Sea as lying between Jericho and Zoar. This author has also recently found that Eusebius notes that Nebereim (Nimrim; see Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34) is located at a village called Bennamareim (likely the site of Gomorrah on this map), which he also says is north of Zoar. Thus, if Eusebius is correct, Zoar is clearly located in the southern area of the Dead Sea, which fits very well with the location shown on this map. Also, Lot’s relocation to Sodom after moving east to the plain of the Jordan suggests that Sodom was located on the east side of the Dead Sea.
The famous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are first mentioned in Genesis 10:19 in a description of the territory of the Canaanites. The cities are mentioned again in chapter 13, which notes that while Abraham (then called Abram) was living near Bethel (also called Luz), tension began to grow between Abraham’s herders and the herders working for Abraham’s nephew Lot. To resolve the problem, Abraham suggested that he and Lot permanently part ways, and he offered Lot first choice of where to live. Lot chose to move east to the plain of the Jordan, because the land was well watered, and he eventually settled in the city of Sodom. Genesis 14 then describes how Lot was captured by four Mesopotamian kings as they attacked the cities of the plain, but Abraham rescued Lot. Sometime after this Abraham moved to the oaks of Mamre, near Hebron, and three visitors (one of whom is later called “the Lord,” and the other two “angels”) approached his tent. Abraham invited them to share a meal with him and then later accompanied them for the first part of their journey. Along the way the visitors revealed to Abraham that they were going to Sodom to destroy it for its wickedness. Abraham appealed to the Lord to spare the city if even a few righteous lived there, and the Lord agreed and went his way. The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening (Genesis 19:1), presumably the same day they left, although perhaps they actually took more than one day to travel to Sodom, because the distance from Mamre to Sodom is over 35 miles (56 km), and Scripture does not specifically note that it was the same day. The events that followed that evening are well known, and in the morning the angels compelled Lot and his family to flee the city before it was destroyed. The angels instructed them to flee to the hills, but Lot convinced them to allow him to take refuge in a small village on the plain and not destroy it. Genesis 19:23 seems to suggest that it took Lot’s family a full day and night to reach Zoar, which fits well with the 16 mile (25 km) distance from Sodom to Zoar. As they were reaching Zoar, the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur on Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, completely destroying them. As Lot’s family was still fleeing, Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. That same morning Abraham got up and went to where he had last spoken with the visitors, and when he looked out across the plain he saw columns of smoke rising from the destroyed cities. Later Lot and his daughters moved into the hills and lived in a cave, because they were afraid to remain in Zoar. Fearing they would never marry, Lot’s daughters both got their father drunk and conceived children by him, though he was unaware of it. These children became ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.