Escape
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for your life; look not behind you…


It is a rather popular word with young people. At the head of a newspaper paragraph or of a chapter in a story it instantly commands attention. We at once think of a convict's escape from prison, or a backwoodsman's escape from Indians, or a mail-steamer's escape from icebergs. But observe — what are all these escapes from? The convict escapes from weary confinement; the backwoodsman from hated foes; the mail-steamer from dreaded peril. No necessity to urge escape from these.

(E. Stock.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"




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