God Rescues Lot

Genesis 19

1 Now a the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and b Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, "Here now, my lords, please c turn in to your servant's house and spend the night, and d wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." And they said, e "No, but we will spend the night in the open square." 3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. f Then he made them a feast, and baked g unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 h And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? i Bring them out to us that we j may know them carnally." 6 So k Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, 7 and said, "Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8 l "See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, m since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof." 9 And they said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one n came in to 1 stay here, o and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them." So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they p struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

12 Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city - q take them out of this place! 13 "For we will destroy this place, because the r outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and s the LORD has sent us to destroy it." 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, t who had married his daughters, and said, u "Get up, get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!" v But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.

15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, w "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city." 16 And while he lingered, the men x took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the y LORD being merciful to him, z and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that 2 he said, a "Escape for your life! b Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape c to the mountains, lest you be 3 destroyed." 18 Then Lot said to them, "Please, d no, my lords! 19 "Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. 20 "See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live." 21 And he said to him, "See, e I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 22 "Hurry, escape there. For f I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore g the name of the city was called 4 Zoar.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 18:2
    So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground.
    Genesis 18:16
    Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.
    Genesis 18:22
    Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 18:1 - 5
    Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 24:31
    And he said, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.
    Hebrews 13:2
    Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 18:4
    Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
    Genesis 24:32
    Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 24:28
    Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 18:6 - 8
    So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.
    Exodus 23:15
    You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty).
    Numbers 9:11
    On the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
    Numbers 28:17
    And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 12:8
    Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:9
    The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
  9. Cross References
    Judges 19:22
    As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 4:1
    Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have acquired a man from the LORD.
    Romans 1:24
    Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
    Romans 1:27
    Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 19:23
    But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, do not commit this outrage.
  12. Cross References
    Judges 19:24
    "Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man's concubine; let me bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!"
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 18:5
    "And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant." They said, "Do as you have said."
  14. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:7
    And delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
    2 Peter 2:8
    (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) -
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 2:14
    Then he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 20:17
    So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children.
    Genesis 20:18
    For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 7:1
    Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
    2 Peter 2:7
    And delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
    2 Peter 2:9
    Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 18:20
    And the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:30 - 33
    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
    Deuteronomy 4:26
    I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
    Deuteronomy 28:45
    Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
    1 Chronicles 21:15
    And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, the LORD looked and relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, "It is enough; now restrain your hand." And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 1:18
    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
  21. Cross References
    Numbers 16:21
    "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."
    Numbers 16:24
    "Speak to the congregation, saying, 'Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'"
    Numbers 16:26
    And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart now from the tents of these wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
    Numbers 16:45
    Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
    Revelation 18:4
    And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 9:21
    But he who did not regard the word of the LORD left his servants and his livestock in the field.
    Jeremiah 43:1
    Now it happened, when Jeremiah had stopped speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, all these words.
    Jeremiah 43:2
    That Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.
    Luke 17:28
    Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.
    Luke 24:11
    And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 37:2
    For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
    Revelation 18:4
    And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
  24. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 5:15
    And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
    Deuteronomy 6:21
    Then you shall say to your son: 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
    Deuteronomy 7:8
    But because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
    2 Peter 2:7
    And delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 34:7
    "keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation."
    Psalms 32:10
    Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.
    Psalms 33:18
    Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy.
    Psalms 33:19
    To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
    Luke 18:13
    "And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 34:22
    The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
  27. Cross References
    1 Kings 19:3
    And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
    Jeremiah 48:6
    Flee, save your lives! And be like the juniper in the wilderness.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 19:26
    But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
    Matthew 24:16 - 18
    Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
    Luke 9:62
    But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
    Philippians 3:13
    Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
    Philippians 3:14
    I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
  29. Cross References
    Genesis 14:10
    Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.
  30. Cross References
    Acts 10:14
    But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
  31. Cross References
    Job 42:8
    "Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has."
    Job 42:9
    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job.
    Psalms 145:19
    He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 32:10
    "Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."
    Deuteronomy 9:14
    'Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
  33. Cross References
    Genesis 13:10
    And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
    Genesis 14:2
    That they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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