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Genesis 19:17

WEB

17It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!”

KJV

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.

BSB

17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

FBV

17As soon as they were outside, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the valley! Run to the mountains otherwise you'll be destroyed!”

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Matthew 24:16-18

16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house. 18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

Luke 9:62

62But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

Philippians 3:13-14

13Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Genesis 19:26

26But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:22

22Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Luke 17:31-32

31In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back. 32Remember Lot’s wife!

Matthew 3:7

7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Jeremiah 48:6

6Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness.

1 Kings 19:3

3When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Genesis 13:10

10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.