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But I can&#8217t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I&#8217ll die. <a href="/nlt/genesis/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die. <a href="/esv/genesis/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. <a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. <a href="/kjv/genesis/19.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: <a href="/nkjv/genesis/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your compassion, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die; <a href="/nasb/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die; <a href="/nasb77/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest the disaster overtake me and I die; <a href="/lsb/genesis/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by preserving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest calamity overtake me and I die; <a href="/amp/genesis/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Please listen, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness (mercy) to me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, because the disaster will overtake me and I will be killed. <a href="/csb/genesis/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your servant has indeed found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can’t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can&#8217t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. <a href="/asv/genesis/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die: <a href="/erv/genesis/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die: <a href="/gwt/genesis/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even though you've been so good to me and though you've been very kind to me by saving my life, I can't run as far as the hills. This disaster will overtake me, and I'll die. <a href="/gnt/genesis/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> You have done me a great favor and saved my life. But the hills are too far away; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die before I get there. <a href="/isv/genesis/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me your gracious love in how you have dealt with me by keeping me alive. I cannot escape to the hills, because I'm afraid the disaster will overtake me, and I'll die. <a href="/msb/genesis/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. <a href="/net/genesis/19.htm">NET Bible</a> Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I'll die. <a href="/nheb/genesis/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest the disaster overtake me, and I die. <a href="/wbt/genesis/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown to me in saving my life: and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil should take me, and I die: <a href="/web/genesis/19.htm">World English Bible</a> See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> now behold, your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you make great your kindness which you have done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me and I have died; <a href="/ylt/genesis/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave to me, and I have died; <a href="/slt/genesis/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Behold now, thy servant found grace in thine eyes, and thou wilt magnify thy kindness, what thou didst by me to make my soul live: and I shall not be able to escape to the mountain so evil over-taking me, and I die.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die : <a href="/cpdv/genesis/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> though your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life, I cannot be saved on the mountain, lest perhaps some misfortune take hold of me and I die. <a href="/nabre/genesis/19.htm">New American Bible</a> “You have already shown favor to your servant, doing me the great kindness of saving my life. But I cannot flee to the hills, or the disaster will overtake and kill me. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life; but I cannot flee to the hills, for fear the disaster will overtake me and I die.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold now, your servant has found mercy in your sight, and great is the favor which you have shown to me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me and I die; <a href="/hpbt/genesis/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Behold, your Servant has found mercy in your eyes and your kindness is abundant which you have served with me to save my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil will overtake me and I would die.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die. <a href="/sep/genesis/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live, - but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die. <a href="/parallel/genesis/19-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4187" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Lot Flees to Zoar</a> …18But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please! 19<a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">Your servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh- (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">has indeed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mā·ṣā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">found</a> <a href="/hebrew/2580.htm" title="2580: ḥên (N-ms) -- Favor, grace. From chanan; graciousness, i.e. Subjective or objective.">favor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in your sight,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śî·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and you have shown me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5978.htm" title="5978: ‘im·mā·ḏî (Prep:: 1cs) -- Along with, against, by, from"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: wat·taḡ·dêl (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥas·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">kindness</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: lə·ha·ḥă·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">by sparing</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">my life.</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: wə·’ā·nō·ḵî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">But I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ’ū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4422.htm" title="4422: lə·him·mā·lêṭ (Prep-l:: V-Nifal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. to escape; causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks.">run</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hā·rāh (Art:: N-ms:: 3fs) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">to the mountains;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/1692.htm" title="1692: tiḏ·bā·qa·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs:: 1cs) -- To cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit.">will overtake me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: wā·mat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">and I will die.</a> 20Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Genesis 6:8</a> Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. <a href="/exodus/33-12.htm">Exodus 33:12-17</a> Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’ / Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.” / And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” ... <a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Numbers 11:11-15</a> So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? / Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers? / Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ ... <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a> Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. <a href="/1_samuel/20-3.htm">1 Samuel 20:3</a> But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.” <a href="/2_samuel/14-22.htm">2 Samuel 14:22</a> Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.” <a href="/psalms/84-11.htm">Psalm 84:11</a> For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity. <a href="/psalms/116-1.htm">Psalm 116:1-6</a> I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy. / Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. / The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. ... <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3-4</a> Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. / Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. <a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">Isaiah 63:7</a> I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion. <a href="/jeremiah/31-2.htm">Jeremiah 31:2</a> This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a> Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! <a href="/daniel/9-18.htm">Daniel 9:18</a> Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion. <a href="/luke/1-30.htm">Luke 1:30</a> So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Luke 17:28-30</a> It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have showed to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:and thou.<a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Psalm 18:1-50</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength… <a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1-17</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry… <a href="/psalms/103-1.htm">Psalm 103:1-22</a> A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name… lest some.<a href="/genesis/12-13.htm">Genesis 12:13</a> Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17</a> Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?<a href="/1_samuel/27-1.htm">1 Samuel 27:1</a> And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Die</a> <a href="/acts/27-10.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/genesis/19-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/18-3.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/genesis/18-32.htm">Found</a> <a href="/genesis/18-3.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/jude/1-21.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Lovingkindness</a> <a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Magnified</a> <a href="/genesis/18-32.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/revelation/12-15.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">Saving</a> <a href="/genesis/18-7.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/revelation/22-8.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/revelation/22-8.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/genesis/19-14.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/20-3.htm">Die</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/genesis/19-20.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/genesis/26-29.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/19-21.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Found</a> <a href="/genesis/30-27.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/genesis/20-13.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/genesis/24-12.htm">Lovingkindness</a> <a href="/joshua/4-14.htm">Magnified</a> <a href="/genesis/24-12.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/genesis/44-4.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Saving</a> <a href="/genesis/22-24.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/genesis/24-14.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/genesis/21-11.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 19</div>1. <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Lot entertains two angels.</a> 4. <a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness.</a> 12. <a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law.</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.</a> 24. <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.</a> 26. <a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.</a> 29. <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Lot dwells in a cave.</a> 31. <a href="/genesis/19-31.htm">The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight This phrase reflects the ancient Near Eastern custom of showing humility and respect when addressing someone of higher status. Lot acknowledges the grace and mercy he has received, which is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen in the lives of Noah (<a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Genesis 6:8</a>) and Mary (<a href="/luke/1-30.htm">Luke 1:30</a>). The concept of finding favor is often associated with divine intervention and blessing.and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life Lot recognizes the mercy extended to him by the angels sent by God. This act of kindness is a demonstration of God's covenant faithfulness, similar to His protection of Israel throughout the Old Testament. The sparing of Lot's life prefigures the salvation offered through Jesus Christ, who spares believers from eternal death (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>).But I cannot run to the mountains Lot's reluctance to flee to the mountains may indicate a lack of faith or fear of the unknown. Mountains in biblical literature often symbolize places of refuge or divine encounter, such as Mount Sinai (Exodus 19) and the Mount of Transfiguration (<a href="/matthew/17.htm">Matthew 17:1-9</a>). Lot's hesitation contrasts with the faith of Abraham, who willingly journeyed to the mountains in obedience to God (<a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a>).the disaster will overtake me, and I will die Lot expresses fear of impending judgment, which reflects the broader biblical theme of divine retribution for sin. This disaster is a direct consequence of the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah, illustrating the principle that sin leads to death (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). Lot's plea underscores the urgency of repentance and the need for divine protection, themes echoed in the prophetic warnings throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/l/lot.htm">Lot</a> The nephew of Abraham, Lot is the central figure in this verse. He is speaking to the angels who have come to rescue him from the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 2. <a href="/topical/a/angels.htm">Angels</a> Messengers sent by God to warn Lot and his family of the coming destruction and to lead them to safety. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a> The cities marked for destruction due to their wickedness. Lot and his family are being urged to flee from these cities. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mountains.htm">Mountains</a> The place Lot is instructed to flee to for safety. Lot expresses fear that he will not make it there in time. 5. <a href="/topical/f/favor_and_kindness.htm">Favor and Kindness</a> Lot acknowledges the grace and mercy shown to him by the angels, recognizing that his life is being spared.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_grace.htm">Recognizing God's Grace</a> Lot's acknowledgment of finding favor and kindness is a reminder to recognize and be grateful for God's grace in our lives. <a href="/topical/f/fear_and_faith.htm">Fear and Faith</a> Lot's fear of fleeing to the mountains can be contrasted with a call to trust in God's provision and protection, even when the path seems daunting. <a href="/topical/u/urgency_of_obedience.htm">Urgency of Obedience</a> The urgency in Lot's situation underscores the importance of immediate obedience to God's instructions, especially in times of spiritual or moral crisis. <a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_in_judgment.htm">God's Mercy in Judgment</a> Even in the midst of judgment, God provides a way of escape for those who are righteous, as seen in His dealings with Lot.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 19</a> <a href="/q/what_leads_your_heart_to_truth.htm">What does the Bible say about aging?</a> <a href="/q/explain_lot's_daughters'_actions_morally.htm">How do we explain the moral implications and consistency with the rest of Scripture regarding Lot's daughters' actions in Genesis 19:30-38?</a> <a href="/q/genesis_31_19__evidence_of_teraphim's_role.htm">In Genesis 31:19, what historical evidence supports the existence or importance of household gods (teraphim), and how does it reconcile with monotheism?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_genesis_1_differ_in_creation_order.htm">If Adam was created first (Genesis 2:7) but animals came later (Genesis 2:19), why does Genesis 1 suggest a different order?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Lest some evil.--Heb., lest the evil, lest the threatened calamity overtake me and I die.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight (cf. <a href="/genesis/18-3.htm">Genesis 18:3</a>), and thou hast magnified thy mercy (language inappropriate to be addressed to the angels, though exactly suitable if applied by Lot to Jehovah), which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil (more correctly, the evil, i.e. the destruction threatened upon Sodom) take me, and I die. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/19-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your servant עַבְדְּךָ֣ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant has indeed הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! found מָצָ֨א (mā·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present favor חֵן֮ (ḥên) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2580.htm">Strong's 2580: </a> Graciousness, subjective, objective in your sight, בְּעֵינֶיךָ֒ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain and you have shown עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make me great וַתַּגְדֵּ֣ל (wat·taḡ·dêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> To grow up, become great kindness חַסְדְּךָ֗ (ḥas·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty by sparing לְהַחֲי֖וֹת (lə·ha·ḥă·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive my life. נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion But I וְאָנֹכִ֗י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I cannot לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no run לְהִמָּלֵ֣ט (lə·him·mā·lêṭ) Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4422.htm">Strong's 4422: </a> To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks to the mountains; הָהָ֔רָה (hā·hā·rāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country the disaster הָרָעָ֖ה (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil will overtake me, תִּדְבָּקַ֥נִי (tiḏ·bā·qa·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1692.htm">Strong's 1692: </a> To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit and I will die. וָמַֽתִּי׃ (wā·mat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/19-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 19:19 See now your servant has found favor (Gen. 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