KJV King James Version
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
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Genesis 19:27
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood before the face of Jehovah;
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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 the which Lot dwelt.
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.
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וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥םH7925 · sha.khamto riseאַבְרָהָ֖םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamבַּבֹּ֑קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַ֨מָּק֔וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעָ֥מַדH5975 · a.madto stand: standשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereאֶת־H854 · etwithפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Habakkuk 2:1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.Psalm 5:3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.Ezekiel 16:49-50Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.Genesis 18:22-33And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
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