Genesis 19:18
New International Version
But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please!

New Living Translation
“Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.

English Standard Version
And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords.

Berean Standard Bible
But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

King James Bible
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

New King James Version
Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords!

New American Standard Bible
But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

NASB 1995
But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

NASB 1977
But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

Legacy Standard Bible
But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

Amplified Bible
But Lot said to them, “Oh no, [not that place] my lords!

Christian Standard Bible
But Lot said to them, “No, my lords —please.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Lot said to them, “No, my lords—please.

American Standard Version
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

English Revised Version
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Lot answered, "Oh no!

Good News Translation
But Lot answered, "No, please don't make us do that, sir.

International Standard Version
"No! Please, my lords!" Lot pleaded with them.

Majority Standard Bible
But Lot replied, ?No, my lords, please!

NET Bible
But Lot said to them, "No, please, Lord!

New Heart English Bible
Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord!

World English Bible
Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Lot says to them, “Oh not [so], my lord;

Young's Literal Translation
And Lot saith unto them, 'Not so, I pray thee, my lord;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Lot will say to them, Nay, now, Lord!
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Lot said to them: I beseech thee my Lord,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Lot said to them: “I beg you, my lord,

New American Bible
“Oh, no, my lords!” Lot replied to them.

New Revised Standard Version
And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Lot said to them, I beseech you, my lords,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Lot said to them, “I beg of you, my Lords.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Lot said to them, I pray, Lord,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Lot Flees to Zoar
17As 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!” 18But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please! 19Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.…

Cross References
Genesis 18:22-33
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. / Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? ...

Genesis 13:8-13
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen. / Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.” / And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) ...

Genesis 14:12
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

Genesis 18:20-21
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous, / I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

Genesis 19:1-3
Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown, / and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.” / But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Genesis 19:12-13
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, / because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 19:24-25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

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.

Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

Isaiah 1:9
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Ezekiel 16:49-50
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.

Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”


Treasury of Scripture

And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my LORD:

Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

2 Kings 5:11,12
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper…

Isaiah 45:11
Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

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Genesis 19
1. Lot entertains two angels.
4. The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness.
12. Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law.
15. He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.
24. Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.
26. Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.
29. Lot dwells in a cave.
31. The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.














But Lot replied
The phrase "But Lot replied" indicates a response to a preceding command or statement. In the context of Genesis 19, Lot is responding to the angels who have instructed him to flee Sodom to avoid its impending destruction. The Hebrew root for "replied" is עָנָה (anah), which often conveys an answer or response, sometimes with a sense of urgency or necessity. Lot's reply is significant as it reflects his hesitation and the internal conflict he faces, torn between the comfort of his current life and the unknown future. This moment underscores the human tendency to cling to the familiar, even when divine intervention offers a path to salvation.

No, my lords, please!
The word "No" is a direct negation, showing Lot's initial resistance to the angels' directive. This resistance can be seen as a reflection of human frailty and reluctance to embrace change, even when it is divinely ordained. The term "my lords" is translated from the Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (adonai), a respectful address acknowledging the authority and power of the angels. This acknowledgment indicates Lot's recognition of their divine mission, yet his plea "please" (נָא, na) reveals his desperation and desire for mercy. Lot's plea is a poignant reminder of the grace and patience often extended by God, even when His instructions are met with hesitation. This interaction highlights the compassionate nature of God, who listens to the cries of His people and provides opportunities for redemption, even when they falter in faith.

Verse 18. - And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord. Adonai, which should rather be translated Lord; whence it would almost seem as if Lot knew that his interlocutor was Jehovah. Keil admits that Lot recognized a manifestation of God in the angels, and Lange speaks of a miraculous report of the voice of God coming to him along with the miraculous vision of the angels. That the historian uses "them" instead of "him" only proves that at the time Jehovah was accompanied by the angels, as he had previously been at Mamre (vide Genesis 18:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But Lot
ל֖וֹט (lō·wṭ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3876: Lot -- Abraham's nephew

replied,
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“No,
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

my lords,
אֲדֹנָֽי׃ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 136: The Lord

please!
נָ֖א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'


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