Genesis 19:27-28

19:27 Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 19:28 He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.


tn The words “and went” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “upon the face of.”

tn Or “all the land of the plain”; Heb “and all the face of the land of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”