Genesis 19:21

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
See	הִנֵּה֙ hi.Neh	H2009	lo! · interjection
accepted	נָשָׂ֣אתִי na.Sa.ti	H5375	to lift · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
thee	פָנֶ֔יךָ fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
thing	לַדָּבָ֣ר la.da.Var	H1697	a word · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
overthrow	הָפְכִּ֥י ha.fe.Ki	H2015	to turn about or over · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
city	הָעִ֖יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
which	אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher	H834	who · relative particle
spoken	דִּבַּֽרְתָּ di.Bar.ta	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Job 42:8-9 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my se…
Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Psalms 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Genesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and th…
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there…
Matthew 12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:15-23

Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Thought there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might be spared, yet that one righteous man that was among them delivered his own soul, Eze 14:14. Early in the morning his own guests, in kindness to him, turned him out of doors, and his family with him, Gen 19:15. His daughters that were married perished with their unbelieving husbands; but those that continued with him were preserved with him. Observe, 1. With what a gracious violence Lot was brought out of Sodom, Gen 19:16. It seems, though he did not make a jest of the warning given, as his sons-in-law did, yet he lingered, he trifled, he did not make so much haste as the c…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 19:21

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.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 19:21

See, 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.

John Gill on Genesis 19:21

And he said unto him, see, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also,.... Accepted thy prayer and granted thy request, as well as in other things; shown grace and mercy to thee: or, "have lifted up thy face" (e); alluding to the custom of the eastern countries, where persons, when they come into the presence of their superiors, used to prostrate their faces to the ground; when, as a token of their acceptance of them, and good will to them, they used to order them to be lifted up, or them to lift up their faces, and stand before them: that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken; for, though he had not in express words petitioned that the city might be spared, yet…

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The Church Fathers

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! Not only does it deliver the just man from the destruction of the wicked, but it also grants life to many of them on account of the same just man's safety, which they did not deserve, so that it might show in those who perished what impiety deserved, and in those who remained how much the intercession of the pious prevailed with God.
— Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

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Dictionary and topics

Abraham — Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred…
Angel — A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to denote any agent God sends forth to execute his purposes. It is used of an ordinary messenger (Job 1:14: 1 Sam.…
Cities — The earliest notice in Scripture of city-building is of Enoch by Cain, in the land of his exile. (Genesis 4:17) After the confusion of tongues the descendants of Nimrod founded Babel, Erech, Accad…
Lot · Zoar — Zoar
Prayer, Answers To · Exemplified: Lot — Exemplified: Lot
Sodom · General references — General references
Zoar · Not — Not

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 19:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:15-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 19:21

Adam Clarke on Genesis 19:21

John Gill on Genesis 19:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 19:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:15-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 19:21

Adam Clarke on Genesis 19:21

John Gill on Genesis 19:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 19:21

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 19:17-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 19:18-22

Rashi on Genesis 19:5