Gen 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. Ver. 21. I will not overthrow this city. ] Zoar, of all the five cites, was preserved by Lot’s prayer, saith Jerome. See Deuteronomy 29:23 Isaiah 15:5 . read more
Gen 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. Ver. 22. For I cannot do anything. ] Not that the execution of the divine decree depended simply upon Lot’s removal to Zoar; but upon another decree, for Lot’s removal ere Sodom were destroyed. read more
this: Genesis 19:30, Proverbs 3:5-Judges :, Amos 3:6 and my: Genesis 12:13, Psalms 119:175, Isaiah 55:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 13:10 - Zoar Genesis 14:2 - Zoar Genesis 14:8 - same Genesis 19:22 - Zoar 1 Corinthians 10:13 - make read more
I: Genesis 4:7, Job 42:8, Job 42:9, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 102:17, Psalms 145:19, Jeremiah 14:10, Matthew 12:20, Luke 11:8, Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 4:16 thee: Heb. thy face that: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 18:24 Reciprocal: Exodus 7:1 - See Exodus 33:17 - I will do 1 Samuel 25:35 - accepted Acts 27:24 - lo 1 Corinthians 10:13 - make read more
for: Genesis 32:25-Hosea :, Exodus 32:10, Deuteronomy 9:14, Psalms 91:1-2 Samuel :, Isaiah 65:8, Mark 6:5, 2 Timothy 2:13, Titus 1:2 called: Genesis 13:10, Genesis 14:2, Isaiah 15:5, Jeremiah 48:34 Zoar: i.e. little, Genesis 19:20 Reciprocal: Genesis 14:8 - same Genesis 19:12 - son Genesis 19:14 - Up Genesis 19:15 - hastened Genesis 19:17 - Escape Deuteronomy 34:3 - Zoar Mark 13:15 - General Acts 27:24 - lo Hebrews 6:18 - who 2 Peter 2:7 - delivered read more
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither — The very presence of good men in a place helps to keep off judgments. See what care God takes for the preservation of his people! read more
LOT RESCUED BY THE ANGELS, Genesis 19:1-23. In this chapter we have another picture of the life and character of Lot. After his rescue from the eastern kings by Abraham, he went back again to his coveted Sodom. His daughters married men of the city, and his family appear to have become damagingly affected by the vices of the place. Lot himself lost not the uprightness of character developed by his long residence with Abraham, and he was often “vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.... read more
20. This city It appears that this city was near to Sodom, and a small town, and for this reason called Zoar, (Genesis 19:22,) which means small . Its previous name was Bela . Genesis 14:2. Nearly all ancient tradition and local names indicate that Zoar and the other cities of the plain were located at the southern end of what is now the Dead Sea. See on Genesis 14:2. Robinson locates Zoar on the southern side of the Wady Kerak, in the eastern part of the Lisan peninsula . read more
21. I have accepted thee Hebrews, I have lifted up thy face . Metaphorically, the supplicant is supposed to have his face bowed down to the earth, and a granting of the prayer thus offered was a lifting up of the face . read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:20
Gen 19:20 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. Ver. 20. Is it not a little one? ] Let no man use this plea for his sin. Even the philosopher a tells us, that the smallest errors prove many times most dangerous. It is as much treason to coin pence, as bigger pieces. a Aδικηματα ελαχιστα πολλακις μεγιστα - Arist. Rhet. , lib. i. read more