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It happened, 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 which Lot lived.
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The Power of Intercession
Commentators explain that Lot's deliverance was a direct result of God "remembering Abraham." This highlights the profound impact of Abraham's intercessory prayer in the previous chapter. God honored the heart of Abraham's plea to spare the righteous, demonstrating that the prayers of the faithful have real-world consequences.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”
סנורים (san'evērı̂ym
16th Century
Protestant
God remembered Abraham. Although Moses does not assert that the deliverance of Abraham’s nephew was made known to him, yet since he says t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain Not when he had destr…
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