Genesis 19:25
in Genesis 19Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
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ASV
and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
KJV
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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This verse in Genesis 19
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd he overthrew those cities, and all the plain - This forms what is called the lake Asphaltites, Dead Sea, or Salt Sea, which, according to the most authentic accounts, is about seventy miles in length, and eighteen in breadth. The most strange and incredible tales are told by many of the ancients, and by many of the moderns, concerning the place where these cities stood.
This site's exposition
He destroyed these cities and the entire plain
on Genesis 19:25-26
The cities, the entire plain, the inhabitants and everything that grew on the ground go together. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Zephaniah name it later and expect their hearers to know it. Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt, in one sentence. Jesus gives her three words at Luke 17:32, remember Lot's wife.
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
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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Travelers say it is about thirty miles long, and ten miles broad. It has no living creature in it: it is not moved by the wind: the smell of it is offensive: things do not easily sink in it.
And he overthrew those cities,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
"The plain which is now covered by the Salt or Dead Sea shows in the great difference of level between the bottoms of the northern and southern ends of the lake--the latter being thirteen feet and the former thirteen hundred--that the southern end was of recent formation, and submerged at the time of the fall of the cities" [LYNCH].
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙ | vaiyahafokh | and he overthrew | H2015 → | 94 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶעָרִ֣ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הָאֵ֔ל | hael | <the> these | H411 → | 9 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכִּכָּ֑ר | hakikar | the valley | H3603 → | 68 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הֶעָרִ֔ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְצֶ֖מַח | vetzemach | and [the] growth of | H6780 → | |
| הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ | haadamah | the ground | H127 → | 225 times |
וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙and he overthrew
vaiyahafokhH2015 →94 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶעָרִ֣יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
הָאֵ֔ל<the> these
haelH411 →9 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכִּכָּ֑רthe valley
hakikarH3603 →68 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
הֶעָרִ֔יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
וְצֶ֖מַחand [the] growth of
vetzemachH6780 →
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃the ground
haadamahH127 →225 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
Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:3
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
- Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness…
- Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the…
- Genesis 2:8–10
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
- Deuteronomy 34:3
Through
Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
it leads to
- Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…
- Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Genesis 13:10
Through
Genesis 14:3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
it leads to
- Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Joshua 3:16
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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 (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.