The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,
The sun rose upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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The sun rose upon the earth, and Lot entered Zoar; then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and he overthrew those cities and all the surrounding region. The sunrise upon the earth, at which Sodom …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735patristic
And the sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
