Study it in the app“As the dawn came up, the messengers urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the iniquity of the city.””
Asוּכְמוֹthe dawnהַשַּׁחַרcame up,עָלָהthe messengersהַמַּלְאָכִיםurgedוַיָּאִיצוּLot,בְּלוֹטsaying,לֵאמֹר“Get up,קוּםtakeקַחyour wifeאֶת אִשְׁתְּךָand your twoוְאֶת שְׁתֵּיdaughtersבְנֹתֶיךָwho are here,הַנִּמְצָאֹתlest you be swept awayפֶּן תִּסָּפֶהin the iniquityבַּעֲוֺןof the city.”הָעִיר
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “ala” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearsurge
To hurry someone.
Where else “yaitsu” appearsLot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appearsbe present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “nimtsaot” appearssweep away
To perish together with others, wiped out.
Where else “tisafe” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place, for YHWH is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to be joking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
15 · This verse (above)
16But he lingered; so the men seized his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hand of his two daughters, because of YHWH’s compassion for him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
1. What it says
How was Lot’s family brought out of Sodom, and what happened to Lot’s wife (vv. 15-26)?
2. What it means
What does the text show about Elohim’s mercy in bringing Lot out of the city (vv. 16, 29)?
3. How I live it
What from the past is hard for you to let go of, and what step could help you move forward?
