Smoke over Sodom

The Visitors and Sodom

Genesis 19:27–29

²⁷Abraham got up early that morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD. ²⁸He gazed out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and across the whole plain, and he saw thick smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace. ²⁹So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out safely from the devastation when he overthrew the cities where Lot had been living.

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About this event

What happened?

Early in the morning, Abraham went back to the place where he had stood before the LORD. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw smoke rising from the land like the smoke of a furnace. When God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the destruction.

Who is here?

The LORD God
Lot, his nephew

Where this fits

Event 3 of 3 in The Visitors and Sodom: The LORD promises a son when three men visit Abraham, and Abraham pleads for the city of Sodom.

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