Genesis 19:17 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁷ And it came to be, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And when they had brought them forth, they said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you or stop anywhere in the whole valley; escape to the mountains [of Moab], lest you be consumed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ After getting them out, the men said, “Save your lives! Don’t look back! And don’t stay in the valley. Escape to the mountains so that you are not swept away.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: "Save your life. Do not look not back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish."

Genesis 19:17 Cross References

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Yardĕn, that it was well watered everywhere – before יהוה destroyed Seḏom and Amorah – like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Mitsrayim as you go toward Tso‛ar.

Genesis 14:10

And the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits. And the sovereigns of Seḏom and Amorah fled and fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

Genesis 18:22

So the men turned away from there and went toward Seḏom, but יהוה still stood before Aḇraham.

Genesis 19:18

And Lot said to them, “Oh no, יהוה!

Genesis 19:22

Hurry, escape there. For I am not able to do any deed until you arrive there. So the name of the city was called Tso‛ar.

Genesis 19:26

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a post of salt.

Genesis 19:30

And Lot went up out of Tso‛ar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him, for he was afraid to dwell in Tso‛ar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.

1 Kings 1:12

“And now, come let me give you advice, and deliver your own life and the life of your son Shelomoh.

1 Kings 19:3

And he feared, and rose up and ran for his life, and went to Be’ĕrsheḇa, which belongs to Yehuḏah, and left his servant there.

Psalm 121:1

I lift up my eyes to the hills; Where does my help come from?

Jeremiah 48:6

“Flee, deliver your own lives! And be like a bush in the wilderness.

Numbers 16:26

And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Please turn away from the tents of these wrong men! Do not touch whatever belongs to them, lest you be consumed in all their sins.”

Matthew 3:7

And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 12:23

“The life is more than the food, and the body is more than the clothing.

Luke 9:62

But יהושע said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of Elohim.”

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect so great a deliverance, which first began to be spoken by the Master, and was confirmed to us by those that heard,

1 Samuel 19:11

And Sha’ul sent messengers to Dawiḏ’s house to watch him and to put him to death in the morning. And Miḵal, Dawiḏ’s wife, informed him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you are put to death.”