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Genesis 19:23

19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Zoar: that is, Little
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. risen: Heb. gone forth

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The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

The sun was risen on the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

What does Genesis 19:23 mean?

Genesis 19:23 is a verse in the book of Genesis, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh), יָצָא (yâtsâʼ), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

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The
sunשֶׁמֶשׁshemesh/sheh'-mesh/H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
was
risenיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
upon
the
earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
when
LotלוֹטLôwṭ/lote/H3876Lot, Abraham's nephew
enteredבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into
Zoar.צֹעַרTsôʻar/tso'ar/H6820Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
risen:
Heb.
gone
forth

Commentary on Genesis 19:23

HENRY_FULL · Genesis 19:17–25
the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ( is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 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. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Though 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,

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And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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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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I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

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What does Genesis 19:23 say?

Genesis 19:23 (King James Version) reads: "The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. risen: Heb. gone forth"

Is Genesis 19:23 in the Old or New Testament?

Genesis 19:23 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Genesis.

Who wrote the book of Genesis?

The book of Genesis is traditionally attributed to Moses.

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