Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
Genesis 19:23 in other translations
| BSB | And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar. |
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| WEB | The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. |
| ASV | The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. |
| YLT | The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar, |
| DARBY | The sun rose upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar. |
| BBE | The sun was up when Lot came to Zoar. |
| Webster | The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. |
What does Genesis 19:23 mean?
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…
Genesis 19:23 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Genesis 19:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El sol salía sobre la tierra, cuando Lot llegó á Zoar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le soleil se levait sur la terre quand Lot entra dans Tsoar. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Sonne ging auf über der Erde, als Lot in Zoar ankam. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sol egressus est super terram, et Lot ingressus est Segor. |