King James Version
What Does Genesis 19:27 Mean?
“And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:”
Context
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And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
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And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(27) **Abraham gat up early in the morning.**—This was necessary, because he had a walk of some miles before he reached “the place where he stood before Jehovah” on the previous evening; and probably the mighty forces which overthrew the cities had been some hours at work when he reached the head of the ravine through which the terrible scene became visible. Naturally his anxiety to know the result of his intercession, and the fate of his brother’s son, would urge him to be on foot at the early dawn.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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