Genesis 19:30 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 19:30

Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

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ASV

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

KJV

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lot went up out of Zoar - From seeing the universal desolation that had fallen upon the land, and that the fire was still continuing its depredations, he feared to dwell in Zoar, lest that also should be consumed, and then went to those very mountains to which God had ordered him at first to make his escape. Foolish man is ever preferring his own wisdom to that of his Maker.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He feared to dwell in Zoar - Here is the great trouble and distress that Lot was brought into after his deliverance, ver. 29. He was frightened out of Zoar, durst not dwell there, either because he was conscious to himself that it was a refuge of his own chusing, and that therein he had foolishly prescribed to God, and therefore could not but distrust his safety in it.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַל֩	vai.ya.'Al	and he went up	H5927 →
ל֨וֹט	Lot	Lot	H3876 →
מִצּ֜וֹעַר	mi.Tzo.'ar	from Zoar	H6820 →
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
בָּהָ֗ר	ba.Har	in the hill country	H2022 →
וּשְׁתֵּ֤י	u.she.Tei	and [the] two	H8147 →
בְנֹתָיו֙	ve.no.Tav	daughters his	H1323 →
עִמּ֔וֹ	i.Mo	[were] with him	H5973 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָרֵ֖א	ya.Re'	he was afraid	H3372 →
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת	la.She.vet	to dwell	H3427 →
בְּצ֑וֹעַר	be.Tzo.'ar	in Zoar	H6820 →
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה	ba.me.'a.Rah	in the cave	H4631 →
ה֖וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
וּשְׁתֵּ֥י	u.she.Tei	and [the] two	H8147 →
בְנֹתָֽיו׃	ve.no.Tav	daughters his	H1323 →

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Genesis 19:17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or…
leads to
- Matthew 24:16–18
  then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Philippians 3:13–14
  Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
- Luke 9:62
  Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Genesis 19:26
  But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Genesis 19:22
  Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
Through
Genesis 49:4
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
leads to
- Genesis 35:22
  While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- 1 Chronicles 5:1
  These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…
- Deuteronomy 27:20
  ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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