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.
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Interpretation
Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile.
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This thought runs through Genesis 19:17-21.
Glossary
- City People
- The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).