Genesis 19:21
in Genesis 19“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 19
Commentary
8 notes on this verseSee, I have accepted thee - How prevalent is prayer with God! Far from refusing to grant a reasonable petition, he shows himself as if under embarrassment to deny any.
This site's exposition
No, my lords, please
on Genesis 19:18-22
Lot is told to flee to the mountains and asks for a nearer town. The request is granted. The name Zoar comes out of his own plea that it is a small place. The angel can do nothing until Lot can reach the town, so the judgment waits on one man.
This site's exposition
grant this request as well
The small town Lot asked for is spared. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the answer two ways at once: the prayer of faith availed, and Lot would learn from it that plain obedience had been the safer road.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
A commentator
Clement of RomeClement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 11 · Written before 99.
proposed
On account of his hospitality and godliness, Lot was saved out of Sodom when all the country round was punished by means of fire and brimstone, the Lord thus making it manifest that He does not forsake those that hope in Him, but gives up such as depart from Him to punishment and torture. [Genesis 19:15-26, 2 Peter 2:6-9] For Lot's wife, who went forth with him, being of a different mind from himself, and not continuing in agreement with him [as to the command which had been given them], was made an example of, so as to be a pillar of salt unto this day. This was done that all might know that those who are of a double mind, and who distrust the power of God, bring down judgment on themselves and become a sign to all succeeding generations.
The Medieval Church1 voice
And he said to him: "Behold, I have also accepted your request in this matter, that I will not overthrow the city you have spoken of, etc." Oh, how great is the compassion of divine mercy!
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
(1.) Zoar was spared, to gratify him. Though his intercession for it was not, as Abraham's for Sodom, from a principle of generous charity, but merely from self-interest, yet God granted him his request, to show how much the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails. (2.) Sodom's ruin was suspended till he was safe: I cannot do any thing till thou shalt have come thither.
And he said unto him, see, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
See, I have accepted thee concerning this . . . also--His request was granted him, the prayer of faith availed, and to convince him, from his own experience, that it would have been best and safest at once to follow implicitly the divine directions.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלָ֔יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הִנֵּה֙ | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| נָשָׂ֣אתִי | nasati | I lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| פָנֶ֔יךָ | faneikha | face your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| גַּ֖ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| לַדָּבָ֣ר | ladavar | to the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לְבִלְתִּ֛י | levilti | to not | H1115 → | 112 times |
| הָפְכִּ֥י | hafeki | to overthrow I | H2015 → | 94 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעִ֖יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ | dibarta | you have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלָ֔יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
הִנֵּה֙here!
hinehH2009 →843 times
נָשָׂ֣אתִיI lift up
nasatiH5375 →656 times
פָנֶ֔יךָface your
faneikhaH6440 →2123 times
גַּ֖םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
לַדָּבָ֣רto the matter
ladavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
לְבִלְתִּ֛יto not
leviltiH1115 →112 times
הָפְכִּ֥יto overthrow I
hafekiH2015 →94 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעִ֖ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃you have spoken
dibartaH1696 →1141 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- 1 Peter 3:12
Through
Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
it leads to
- James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- Romans 2:6–10
God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Isaiah 3:10–11
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- James 1:15
Through
Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- Ephesians 3:16–20
I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
- John 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Psalms 37:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Clement of Rome, Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 11; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.