Study it in the app“He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and look, the smoke of the land was going up like the smoke of a furnace.”
He looked downוַיַּשְׁקֵףtowardעַל פְּנֵיSodomסְדֹםand Gomorrahוַעֲמֹרָהand towardוְעַלallכָּלthe landפְּנֵי אֶרֶץof the plain,הַכִּכָּרand he saw,וַיַּרְאand look,וְהִנֵּהthe smokeקִיטֹרof the landהָאָרֶץwas going upעָלָהlike the smokeכְּקִיטֹרof a furnace.הַכִּבְשָׁן
look down
Look down from above, look out (of a window).
Where else “yashkef” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appearsGomorrah
See it on the mapWhere else “amora” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsplain
Literally "the circle": the lowland around the Jordan.
Where else “kikar” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yar” appearssmoke
Thick smoke.
Where else “kitor” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “ala” appearsfurnace
Large furnace, like one for smelting metal or firing bricks.
Where else “kivshan” appears1Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
2Gomorrah ?
Today: disputed; near the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain, next to Sodom; its site is not known for certain.
God destroyed it together with Sodom for its great sin (Gen 18:20; 19:24).
27Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before YHWH.
28 · This verse (above)
29So it was that when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, Elohim remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overturning, when he overturned the cities in which Lot had lived.
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?
