Genesis 19:17

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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.As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

In other translations

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.As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Hebrew words

וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כְהוֹצִיאָםkhehotzi'amwhen brought out theyH3318אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853הַחוּצָהhachutzahthe outside towardsH2351וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הִמָּלֵטhimaletescapeH4422עַל־'al-onH5921נַפְשֶׁךָnafshekhalife yourH5315אַל־'al-may notH408תַּבִּיטtabityou lookH5027אַחֲרֶיךָ'achareikhabehind youH310וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408תַּעֲמֹדta'amodyou stopH5975בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605הַכִּכָּרhakikarthe valleyH3603הָהָרָהhaharahthe hill country towardsH2022הִמָּלֵטhimaletescapeH4422פֶּן־pen-lestH6435תִּסָּפֶה׃tisapehyou should be swept awayH5595

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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