19:27 Abraham got up early in the morning and went 1 to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 19:28 He looked out toward 2 Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. 3 As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace. 4
19:29 So when God destroyed 5 the cities of the region, 6 God honored 7 Abraham’s request. He removed Lot 8 from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed 9 the cities Lot had lived in.
1 tn The words “and went” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”
3 tn The construction is a temporal clause comprised of the temporal indicator, an infinitive construct with a preposition, and the subjective genitive.
4 tn Or “of the plain”; Heb “of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.
5 tn Heb “remembered,” but this means more than mental recollection here. Abraham’s request (Gen 18:23-32) was that the
6 sn God’s removal of Lot before the judgment is paradigmatic. He typically delivers the godly before destroying their world.
7 tn Heb “the overthrow when [he] overthrew.”