Study it in the app“So 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.”
So it wasוַיְהִיthat whenבְּElohimאֱלֹהִיםdestroyedשַׁחֵתthe citiesאֶת עָרֵיof the plain,הַכִּכָּרElohimאֱלֹהִיםrememberedוַיִּזְכֹּרAbrahamאֶת אַבְרָהָםand sentוַיְשַׁלַּחLotאֶת לוֹטout of the midstמִתּוֹךְof the overturning,הַהֲפֵכָהwhen he overturnedבַּהֲפֹךְthe citiesאֶת הֶעָרִיםin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהֵןLotלוֹטhad lived.יָשַׁב
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachet” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsplain
Literally "the circle": the lowland around the Jordan.
Where else “kikar” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “yizkor” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalach” 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” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsoverthrow
Overthrow: complete destruction, in which everything is turned upside down.
Where else “hafecha” appearsoverthrow
To bring down cities like Sodom.
Where else “hafoch” appearsthey (feminine)
They (feminine); those.
Where else “hen” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears28He 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.
29 · This verse (above)
30Lot went up from Zoar and lived on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid to live in Zoar; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
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?
