Genesis 19:17
Context| NETBible | When they had brought them outside, they 1 said, “Run 2 for your lives! Don’t look 3 behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! 4 Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!” |
| XREF | Ge 18:22; Ge 19:14,15,22; Ge 19:26; 1Sa 19:11; 1Ki 19:3; Ps 121:1; Mt 3:7; Mt 24:16-18; Lu 9:62; Lu 17:31,32; Php 3:13,14; Heb 2:3 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “one of them”; Heb “he.” Several ancient versions (LXX, Vulgate, Syriac) read the plural “they.” See also the note on “your” in v. 19. 2 tn Heb “escape.” 3 tn The Hebrew verb translated “look” signifies an intense gaze, not a passing glance. This same verb is used later in v. 26 to describe Lot’s wife’s self-destructive look back at the city. 4 tn Or “in the plain”; Heb “in the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley. |
