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# When they had brought them out
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"When the two men had brought Lot's family out"
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# Run for your lives!
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This is a way of telling them to run so that they do not die. Alternate translation: "Run away and save your lives!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Do not look back
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The phrase "at the city" is understood. Alternate translation: "Do not look back at the city" or "Do not look back at Sodom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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# on the plain
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This means the plain of the Jordan River. This refers to the general region of the Jordan River.
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# so you are not swept away
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It is understood that they would swept away with the people of the city. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "or else God will destroy you along with the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# not swept away
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God destroying the people of the city is spoken of as if a person were sweeping away dust. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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