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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 22 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

19:12-19:31

[19:12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place: [19:13] for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it. [19:14] And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked. [19:15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. [19:16] But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. [19:17] And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. [19:18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord: [19:19] behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die: [19:20] behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live. [19:21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken. [19:22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. [19:23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. [19:24] Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven; [19:25] and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. [19:26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. [19:27] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah: [19:28] and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. [19:29] 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 which Lot dwelt. [19:30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. [19:31] And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
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Anthropomorphismtheology

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

The angels are described as 'men' who 'laid hold upon his hand,' attributing human form and physical action to divine beings.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

God actively orders events toward intelligible ends: sending angels to destroy the wicked, preserving the righteous Lot, and 'remembering' Abraham to ensure Lot's survival.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

Jehovah is depicted as an active, personal, responsive deity who sends agents, hears the 'cry' of the city, destroys by will, and 'remembers' Abraham to save Lot.

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Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

Lot's plea to the angels ('Oh, not so, my lord') is a petitionary address to divine agents, seeking mercy and a lesser city.

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