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BrLXXΚαὶ 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. )
BrTrAnd 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.
JPSAnd 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.
ASVAnd 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.
DRAAnd he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.
YLTAnd he saith unto him, 'Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which thou hast spoken;
DrbyAnd 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.
RVAnd 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.
WbstrAnd 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-1769And 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, thatIwillnotoverthrowthiscity,for the whichthou/youhastspoken.)
BshpsAnd 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 overthrowe this city for the which thou/you hast spoken.)
GnvaThen 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. )
CvdlThen 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 overthrowe the city, wherof thou/you hast spoken.)
WyclAnd 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;)
LuthDa 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.)
ClVgDixitque ad eum: Ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas, ut non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es.[fn] (And_he_said to him: Behold also in this suscepi preces tuas, as not/no subvertam city for which spoke es. )
19.21Ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas, quia cum Deo oratio funditur, talis vita conjugii non damnatur; unde I Cor. 7: Nolite fraudare invicem, etc.
19.21Behold also in this suscepi preces tuas, because when/with Deo speech funditur, talis vita conyugii not/no damnatur; whence I Cor. 7: Don't fraudare invicem, etc.
19:1-38 The Canaanites were an evil, corrupting people. God judged their morally bankrupt civilization and warned others against becoming like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom; it was more difficult to get Sodom out of Lot and his family. This chapter helped later Israelites to understand the moral and spiritual threat of the peoples living in and around the Promised Land, such as the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Num 22–25; Deut 23:3-6; Josh 24:9; Judg 10:7-9; 11:4-5; 1 Sam 10:27; 1 Kgs 11:1-3; 2 Kgs 24:2).
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:”
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,”
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.”
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.
