Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Lot leaves the house to address his daughters' betrothed husbands at the precise moment the angels have just announced imminent divine destruction. He commands them to flee the city before the Lord's judgment arrives.
The words — The text highlights וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א (va/i.ye.Tze'), meaning "and he went out," marking Lot's physical departure to deliver the warning. It also notes חֲתָנָ֣י/ו (cha.ta.Na/v), meaning "his sons-in-law," identifying the recipients as his daughters' future husbands.
The thread — The warning to flee impending judgment echoes the command to separate from the doomed in Numbers 16:21 and Numbers 16:26. The pattern of urgent escape from divine punishment also appears in Jeremiah 51:6.
Why it lands — The text records a factual rejection: the sons-in-law dismiss the urgent warning as a joke. The verse demands recognition that divine warnings are sometimes met with dismissal rather than obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Cross-references
- Numbers 16:21 “Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 51:6 Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
- Numbers 16:45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Proverbs 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Isaiah 28:22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- Jeremiah 5:12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.