My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
Genesis 19:21 - Tree of Life Version So He said to him, “Behold, I will grant your request concerning this matter too—not to demolish the city of which you have spoken. 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. |
My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous who are in it?
Look, please, this city is close enough to flee there, and it’s little. Please let me escape there. Isn’t it small? And let me live!”
Hurry! Flee to safety there, because I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This is why the town is named Zoar.)
If you do well, it will lift. But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the doorway. Its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him. He will hear their cry and save them.
Adonai answered Moses, “I will also do what you have said, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
Thus says Adonai to this people: How they loved to wander, They did not restrain their feet. So Adonai does not accept them. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
A crushed reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, until He brings forth justice to victory.
I tell you, even if the friend will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Therefore He had to be made like His brothers in all things, so He might become a merciful and faithful Kohen Gadol in matters relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, “Go up in shalom to your house. Look, I have listened to your plea and have granted your request.”