Genesis 19:27-30

27 Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to ¹the place where * he had stood before the LORD;

28 and he looked down toward * Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward * all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, ²the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

29 Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that ³God remembered Abraham, and ⁴sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

Lot Is Debased

30 Lot went up from Zoar, and ⁵stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Genesis 19:27-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 18:22
• 2. Revelation 9:2; Revelation 18:9
• 3. Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 9:5, 27
• 4. 2 Peter 2:7
• 5. Genesis 19:17, 19

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "circle"
• [b] Lit "kiln"
• [c] Lit "circle"
• [d] Lit "dwelt"
• [e] Lit "mountain"
• [f] Lit "dwell"
• [g] Lit "dwelt"