Genesis 19:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“At 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.””

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BSBPD

“At 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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And 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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 19:15 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:17As 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!”
  2. Genesis 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
  3. Numbers 16:24“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
  4. Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
  5. Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
  6. 2 Corinthians 6:2For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
  7. Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  8. Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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