What Does Genesis 19:21 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto him See”

lo!

“I have accepted”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“thee”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“concerning this thing”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n

“also that I will not overthrow”

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“this city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“for the which”

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“thou hast spoken”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue