Genesis 19:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ And while he loitered, the men took hold of his hand, and his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, יהוה  having compassion on him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But while he lingered, the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, for the Lord was merciful to him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city and left him there.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He hesitated, but because the LORD intended to save him, the men grabbed him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand, took him out, and left him outside the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.

Genesis 19:16 Cross References

Genesis 19:15

And when morning dawned, the messengers urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”

Genesis 43:10

“For if we had not delayed, truly by now we could have returned this second time.”

1 Chronicles 16:34

Give thanks to יהוה, for He is good, For His kindness is everlasting!

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion for his children, So יהוה  has compassion for those who fear Him.

Psalm 106:1

Praise Yah! Oh, give thanks to יהוה, For He is good! For His kindness is everlasting.

Psalm 106:8

But He saved them for His Name’s sake, To make known His might.

Psalm 107:1

Give thanks to יהוה! For He is good, For His kindness is everlasting.

Psalm 111:4

He has made His wonders to be remembered; יהוה  shows favour and is compassionate.

Psalm 118:1

Oh, give thanks to יהוה, for He is good! Because His kindness is everlasting.

Psalm 119:60

I have hurried, and did not delay To guard Your commands.

Psalm 136:1

Give thanks to יהוה, for He is good! For His kindness is everlasting.

Psalm 32:10

Many are the sorrows of the wrong; But as for the one trusting in יהוה, Kindness surrounds him.

Psalm 33:18

See, the eye of יהוה  is on those fearing Him, On those waiting for His kindness,

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their being from death, And to keep them alive during scarcity of food.

Psalm 34:12

Who is the man who desires life, Who loves many days, in order to see good?

Psalm 86:15

But You, O יהוה, Are a compassionate Ě

Psalm 86:5

For You, יהוה, are good, and ready to forgive, And great in kindness to all those who call upon You.

Exodus 34:6

And יהוה  passed before him and proclaimed, “יהוה, יהוה, an Ě

Exodus 34:7

watching over kindness for thousands, forgiving crookedness and transgression and sin, but by no means leaving unpunished, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He was distressed, and the Messenger of His Presence saved them. In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Lamentations 3:22

The kindnesses of יהוה! For we have not been consumed, For His compassions have not ended.

Numbers 14:18

‘יהוה  is patient and of great kindness, forgiving crookedness and transgression, but by no means leaving unpunished; visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’

Luke 18:13

“But the tax collector standing at a distance would not even raise his eyes to the heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘Elohim, show favour unto me, a sinner!’

John 6:44

“No one is able to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him. And I shall raise him up in the last day.

Romans 9:18

So, then, He favours whom He wishes, and He hardens whom He wishes.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע  Messiah, the Father of compassion and Elohim of all comfort,

Deuteronomy 4:31

“For יהוה  your Elohim is a compassionate Ě

Deuteronomy 5:15

‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and that יהוה  your Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore יהוה  your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 6:21

then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Mitsrayim, and יהוה  brought us out of Mitsrayim with a strong hand,

Deuteronomy 7:8

but because of יהוה  loving you, and because of Him guarding the oath which He swore to your fathers, יהוה  has brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim.

Titus 3:5

He saved us, not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His compassion, through the washing of rebirth, and renewal by the Set-apart Spirit,

Joshua 6:22

And to the two men who had spied out the land Yehoshua said, “Go into the house of the woman, the whore, and from there bring out the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her.”

2 Peter 2:7

and rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed with the indecent behaviour of the lawless

2 Peter 2:9

then יהוה  knows how to rescue the reverent ones from trial and to keep the unrighteous unto the day of judgment, to be punished,