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Genesis 19:28

NETBible	He looked out toward¹ Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region.² As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.³
NIV © biblegateway Gen 19:28	He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah, towards all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 19:28	and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 19:28	He looked out across the plain to Sodom and Gomorrah and saw columns of smoke and fumes, as from a furnace, rising from the cities there.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 19:28	He looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah, surveying the whole plain. All he could see was smoke belching from the Earth, like smoke from a furnace.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 19:28	And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 19:28	and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the Plain and saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 19:28	Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.
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KJV	And he looked <08259> (8686) toward <06440> Sodom <05467> and Gomorrah <06017>_, and toward <06440> all the land <0776> of the plain <03603>_, and beheld <07200> (8799)_, and, lo, the smoke <07008> of the country <0776> went up <05927> (8804) as the smoke <07008> of a furnace <03536>_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 19:28	and he looked <08259> down <08259> toward <05921> <6440> Sodom <05467> and Gomorrah <06017> , and toward <05921> <6440> all <03605> the land <0776> of the valley <03603> , and he saw <07200> , and behold <02009> , the smoke <07008> of the land <0776> ascended <05927> like the smoke <07008> of a furnace <03536> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ epebleqen <1914> V-AAI-3S epi <1909> PREP proswpon <4383> N-ASN sodomwn <4670> N-GS kai <2532> CONJ gomorrav {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ epi <1909> PREP proswpon <4383> N-ASN thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF thv <3588> T-GSF pericwrou <4066> A-GSF kai <2532> CONJ eiden <3708> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ idou <2400> INJ anebainen <305> V-IAI-3S flox <5395> N-NSF thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF wsei <5616> ADV atmiv <822> N-NSF kaminou <2575> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	He looked out <08259> toward <06440> <05921> Sodom <05467> and Gomorrah <06017> and all <03605> the land <0776> of that region <03603> . As he did so, he saw <07200> the smoke <07008> rising up <05927> from the land <0776> like smoke <07008> from a furnace <03536> .
HEBREW	Nsbkh <03536> rjyqk <07008> Urah <0776> rjyq <07008> hle <05927> hnhw <02009> aryw <07200> rkkh <03603> Ura <0776> ynp <06440> lk <03605> lew <05921> hrmew <06017> Mdo <05467> ynp <06440> le <05921> Pqsyw (19:28) <08259>

NETBible

He looked out toward¹ Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region.² As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “upon the face of.”

²tn 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.

³tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”

³sn It is hard to imagine what was going on in Abraham’s mind, but this brief section in the narrative enables the reader to think about the human response to the judgment. Abraham had family in that area. He had rescued those people from the invasion. That was why he interceded. Yet he surely knew how wicked they were. That was why he got the number down to ten when he negotiated with God to save the city. But now he must have wondered, “What was the point?”