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Genesis 19:12
Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Two men speak to Lot at the entrance of his house, immediately after blinding the men at the doorway. They issue a direct command to evacuate before announcing the city's imminent destruction.
The words — The Hebrew עֹד ('od) means "yet" or "anyone else," and חָתָן (cha.Tan) means "son-in-law," structuring the inquiry about remaining kin. The speakers identify themselves as הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֜ים (ha./'a.na.Shim, "the men") addressing ל֗וֹט (Lot) regarding who else remains in the city.
The thread — The evacuation command parallels the warning to Noah in Genesis 7:1 and the heavenly call in Revelation 18:4. Lot’s subsequent rescue is cited as a historical example of God delivering the righteous in 2 Peter 2:7.
Why it lands — The verse demands immediate physical separation from a condemned place. It requires the reader to treat divine warning as a final opportunity for action before judgment executes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
Cross-references
- Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- 2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- Genesis 19:17 As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
- Numbers 16:26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Joshua 6:22 Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
- 2 Peter 2:9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- Genesis 19:14 So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- Genesis 19:22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- Jeremiah 32:39 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.