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Genesis 19:21

Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he said unto him, see, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also,.... Accepted thy prayer and granted thy request, as well as in other things; shown grace and mercy to thee: or, "have lifted…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 19:1-38

- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

See, I have accepted thee - How prevalent is prayer with God! Far from refusing to grant a reasonable petition, he shows himself as if under embarrassment to deny any.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 19:15-23

Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Thought there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might be spared, yet that one righteous man that was among them delivered his own…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I have accepted thee Heb. "I have received," or "lifted up thy countenance," see note on Gen 4:7. Compare the expression "respecter of persons," e.g. Act 10:34. Here Jehovah is a "receiver," or…