Bible Strands
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes the moment of divine judgment as Lot is extracted from the plain just before the cities are consumed.
The words — וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֥ר (va/yiz.Kor) translates literally as "and he remembered," functioning as a verb of active intervention rather than passive recollection.
The thread — This phrasing parallels Genesis 8:1 when God remembers Noah in the ark, and it directly answers the plea recorded in Genesis 18:23.
Why it lands — The text explicitly ties Lot's survival to God's prior commitment to Abraham, not to any moral merit in Lot or his family.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Cross-references
- Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- Genesis 18:23 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Deuteronomy 9:5 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Psalms 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
- Psalms 105:42 For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- Psalms 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Hosea 11:8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- 2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.