Genesis 19:12

Plain English Version

Then the 2 men said to Lot, “God heard about all the bad things that the people in this town do, so he sent us to finish it up. You and your family have to get out of this town real soon. Maybe you have sons, or more daughters, or sons-in-law, or other family here. You all have to leave this town before we finish it up.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:11

Then they used their power to make all the men outside the house go blind, the young men as well as the old men, so that they couldn’t find the door to get in.

Genesis 19:14

So Lot went and found the men that his 2 daughters were promised to. He said to them, “God is going to finish up this town, so we have to get out now. Come on, let’s go.” But those 2 men thought that Lot was joking, so they didn’t go with him.

Genesis 19:17

As soon as the angels took Lot and his family out of the town, one of the angels told them, “Run away quickly to save your life. Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the flat country, but keep going until you get to the hill country. If you don’t do that, you will die, like all the people in Sodom are going to die.”

Genesis 19:22

But go quickly, because I have to wait until you get there before I finish up Sodom.” Later, that little town was called Zoar. That name means little.

Genesis 7:1

After that, God said to Noah, “You are the only man that lives the right way. Get your family and take them into the big boat.

2 Peter 2:9

Those stories show us that God knows how to save his people. They are the people that listen properly to him and live his way, and he saves them from trouble. But when the day comes for him to judge everyone, he will punish people that don’t live the right way.