Genesis 19:15

At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — At daybreak, angels confront Lot to command him to evacuate Sodom with his wife and two daughters before the city faces destruction.

The words — The Hebrew term וַיִּיאִיצוּ (va/yi.ya.'I.tzu) means "they urged" or "they hastened," capturing the immediate pressure applied to Lot.

The thread — This urgent departure command echoes the separation warnings in Numbers 16:24, Luke 13:24, and Revelation 18:4.

Why it lands — The passage requires immediate action in response to divine warning, treating delay as a fatal risk.

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The Hebrew words

וּכְמוֹ֙u./khe.Moand/ when הַשַּׁ֣חַרha./Sha.charthe/ dawn עָלָ֔ה'a.Lahit came up וַיָּאִ֥יצוּva/i.ya.'I.tzuand/ they urged הַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha./mal.'a.Khimthe/ angels בְּל֣וֹטbe./Lot<in>/ Lot לֵאמֹ֑רle./Mor<to>/ saying קוּם֩kumarise קַ֨חkachtake אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>אִשְׁתְּךָ֜'ish.te./Khawife/ your וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>שְׁתֵּ֤יshe.Tei[the] two בְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ve.no.Tei./khadaughters/ your הַנִּמְצָאֹ֔תha./nim.tza.'Otwho/ are found פֶּן־pen-lest תִּסָּפֶ֖הti.sa.Pehyou should be swept away בַּעֲוֹ֥ןba./'a.Vonin/ [the] punishment of הָעִֽיר׃ha./'Irthe/ city

King James Version

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

Cross-references

Numbers 16:24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
Luke 13:24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
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 19:22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
Proverbs 6:4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
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!”
Hebrews 3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

People named

Lota wife of Lot