Genesis 19 · Verse 7

Genesis 19:7

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Genesis 19:7, King James Version

Genesis 19:7 in other translations

BSB“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
WEBHe said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly.
ASVAnd he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
YLTand saith, ‘Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;
DARBYand said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!
BBEAnd he said, My brothers, do not this evil.
WebsterAnd said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

What does Genesis 19:7 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…

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Genesis 19:7 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.

וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559
אַל\־'al-may notH408
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
אַחַ֖י'a.ChaiO brothers myH251
תָּרֵֽעוּ\׃ta.Re.'uyou do evilH7489

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 19:7

  • Leviticus 20:13

    If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Romans 1:24

    Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

    Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Deuteronomy 23:17

    There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

  • Jude 1:7

    Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

  • Judges 19:23

    And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

  • 1 Samuel 30:23-24

    Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

  • Acts 17:26

    And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

  • Leviticus 18:22

    Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

  • Genesis 19:4

    But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

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4; Le 18:22; 20:13; De 23:17; Jud 19:23; 1Sa 30:23,24; Ac 17:26
Ro 1:24; 1Co 6:9-11; Jude 1:7

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Context

  • Genesis 19:6

    And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

  • Genesis 19:7

    And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

  • Genesis 19:8

    Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

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Genesis 19:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo: Os ruego, hermanos míos, que no hagáis tal maldad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il dit: Je vous prie, mes frères, ne faites pas ce mal.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und er sprach: Tut doch nicht übel, meine Brüder!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nolite, quæso, fratres mei, nolite malum hoc facere.