Genesis 19 · Verse 15

Genesis 19:15

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
Genesis 19:15, King James Version

Genesis 19:15 in other translations

BSBAt daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
WEBWhen the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
ASVAnd when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
YLTAnd when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, ‘Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'
DARBYAnd as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.
BBEAnd when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.
WebsterAnd when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

What does Genesis 19:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 19:15-17
15-17. The kindly interest the angels took in the preservation of Lot is beautifully displayed. But he "lingered." Was it from sorrow at the prospect of losing all his property, the acquisition of many years? Or was it that his benevolent heart was paralyzed by thoughts of the awful crisis? This is the charitable way of accounting for a delay that would have been fatal but for the friendly urgency of the angel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 19:1-29

Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for saving Lot and his family. Lot lingered; he trifled. Thus many who are under convictions about their spiritual state, and the necessity of a change, defer that needful work. The salvation of the most righteous men is of God's mercy, not by their own merit. We are…

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Genesis 19:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּכְמוֹ֙u.khe.Moand whenH3644
הַשַּׁ֣חַרha.Sha.charthe dawnH7837
עָלָ֔ה'a.Lahit came upH5927
וַיָּאִ֥יצוּvai.ya.'I.tzuand they urgedH213
הַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha.mal.'a.Khimthe angelsH4397
בְּל֣וֹטbe.Lot<in> LotH3876
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
קוּם֩kumariseH6965
קַ֨חkachtakeH3947
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אִשְׁתְּךָ֜'ish.te.Khawife yourH802
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׁתֵּ֤יshe.Tei[the] twoH8147
בְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ve.no.Tei.khadaughters yourH1323
הַנִּמְצָאֹ֔תha.nim.tza.'Otwho are foundH4672
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
תִּסָּפֶ֖הti.sa.Pehyou should be swept awayH5595
בַּעֲוֹ֥ןba.'a.Vonin [the] punishment ofH5771
הָעִֽיר\׃ha.'Irthe cityH5892

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Cross references for Genesis 19:15

  • Numbers 16:24-27

    Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

  • Luke 13:24-25

    Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

  • Revelation 18:4

    And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

  • Proverbs 6:4-5

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Genesis 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.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:2

    (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

  • Hebrews 3:7-8

    Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

  • Genesis 19:17

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hastened.
17,22; Nu 16:24-27; Pr 6:4,5; Lu 13:24,25; 2Co 6:2; Heb 3:7,8
Re 18:4
are here. Heb. are found. iniquity. or, punishment.

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Context

  • Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

  • Genesis 19:15

    And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

  • Genesis 19:16

    And while he lingered, 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.

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Genesis 19:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y al rayar el alba, los ángeles daban prisa á Lot, diciendo: Levántate, toma tu mujer, y tus dos hijas que se hallan aquí, porque no perezcas en el castigo de la ciudad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et comme l’aube du jour se levait, les anges pressèrent Lot, disant: Lève-toi, prends ta femme et tes deux filles qui se trouvent ici, de peur que tu ne périsses dans l’iniquité de la ville.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sowie die Morgenröte aufging, da drangen die Engel in Lot und sprachen: Mache dich auf, nimm dein Weib und deine zwei Töchter, die vorhanden sind, damit du nicht weggerafft werdest in der Ungerechtigkeit der Stadt!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque esset mane, cogebant eum angeli, dicentes: Surge, tolle uxorem tuam, et duas filias quas habes: ne et tu pariter pereas in scelere civitatis.