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Genesis 19:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. "
Genesis 19:28
Verse in Context
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26 But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Abraham went up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
28 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
30 Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
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Genesis 19:1
"The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,"
Genesis 19:2
"and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”"
Genesis 19:3
"He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate."
Genesis 19:4
"But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter."
Genesis 19:5
"They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”"
Genesis 19:6
"Lot went out to them through the door, and shut the door after himself."
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