So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Parallel translations
- WEB When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
- KJV And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
- NKJV And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
- NASB So it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the surrounding area, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
- NLT But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
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Quick answer
God remembered Abraham and so rescued Lot from the overthrow of the cities.
Overview
This summary verse credits Lot's deliverance to God's remembering Abraham, his covenant intercessor. It shows the power and fruit of righteous intercession on behalf of others. The pattern points to Christ, whose mediation secures rescue for those connected to him.
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Cross-references · 16
- Gen 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- Deut 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Ps 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
- Gen 18:23–33Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- 2 Pet 2:7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Ps 105:42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- Ps 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Hos 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- Ps 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Neh 13:22Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
- Ps 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- Neh 13:14Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
- Gen 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Gen 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Ezek 36:31–32Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
- Ps 105:8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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