He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
- BSB “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
- NKJV And he said to him, “See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.
- NASB And he said to him, “Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken.
- NLT “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.
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Quick answer
The angel grants Lot's request and agrees to spare the little city.
Overview
God accommodates Lot's plea, sparing the town for his sake. This shows how God's mercy can extend even to a place through the presence of one he is rescuing. It echoes the earlier theme that the righteous may bring preservation to others.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 145:19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Ps 34:15Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- Job 42:8–9Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”
- Ps 102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
- Luke 11:8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
- Heb 2:17Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Gen 18:24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
- Gen 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Gen 4:7If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”
- Heb 4:15–16For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Matt 12:20He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
- Jer 14:10Yahweh says to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”
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