I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 19:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And he said to him, ‘All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [the angel] said to him, See, I have yielded to your entreaty concerning this thing also; I will not destroy this city of which you have spoken. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken. Common English Bible He said to Lot, “I’ll do this for you as well; I won’t overthrow the city that you have described. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to him: "Behold, even now, I have heard your petitions about this, not to overturn the city on behalf of which you have spoken. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to him: Behold, also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken. |
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it?
Look, this town is close enough for me to flee to. It is a small place. Please let me run to it #– #it’s only a small place, isn’t it? #– #so that I can survive.’
Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.’ Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. ,
If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’
The Lord answered Moses, ‘I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favour with me, and I know you by name.’
This is what the Lord says concerning these people: Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet. So the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not put out a smouldering wick, until he has led justice to victory.
I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement , for the sins of the people.
Then David accepted what she had brought him and said, ‘Go home in peace. See, I have heard what you said and have granted your request.’