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Genesis 19

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Genesis 19 . 1 , Lot entertains two angels; Genesis 19 . 4 , The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness; Genesis 19 . 12 , Lot is warned , and in vain warns his sons-in-law; Genesis 19 . 15 , He is directed to flee with his family to the mountains , but obtains leave to go into Zoar; Genesis 19 . 24 , Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed; Genesis 19 . 26 , Lot’s wife becomes a pillar of salt; Genesis 19 . 29 , Lot dwells in a cave; Genesis 19 . 31 , The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.

Genesis 19:1

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

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And there came two angels. Or , rather , "the two angels came ," referring to those mentioned in the preceding chapter , and there called "men." It seems . from

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Genesis 19:2

and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

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Instead of lo , nay , some manuscripts have lo , to him. "And they said unto him , for we lodge in the street;" where , nevertheless , the negation is understood. Knowing the disposition of the inhabitants , and appearing in the character of mere travellers , they preferred the open street to any house; but not yet willing to make themselves known , as Lot pressed them vehemently , and as they knew him to be a righteous man , they consented to take shelter under his hospitable roof

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Genesis 19:3

But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

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Genesis 19:5

They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!"

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Genesis 19:6

Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

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door Two words are here used for door . the first pethach , which is the door-way , at which Lot went out; the latter , deleth , the leaf of the door , which he shut after him when out.

Genesis 19:7

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

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Genesis 19:8

Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

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Genesis 19:9

“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

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Genesis 19:11

And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

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The word sanverim , rendered "blindness ," and which occurs only here , and in

  • 2 Kings 6:18 is supposed to denote dazzlings , deceptions , or confusions of sight from excessive light; being derived by Schultens , who is followed by Parkhurst , from the Arabic sana , to pour forth , diffuse , and nor , light. Dr. Geddes , to the same purpose , thinks it is compounded of the Arabic sana , which signifies a flash , and or , light. The Targums , in both places where it occurs , render it by eruptions , or flashes of light , or as Mercer , in Robertson , explains the Chaldee word , irradiations
  • 2 Kings 6:18
  • Acts 13:11

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Genesis 19:12

Then the two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

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Genesis 19:13

because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it."

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Genesis 19:14

So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. "Get up," he said. "Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

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Genesis 19:15

At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, "Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."

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are here Heb. are found

iniquity or , punishment

Genesis 19:16

But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD's compassion for them.

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Genesis 19:17

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!"

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Genesis 19:18

But Lot replied, "No, my lords, please!

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Genesis 19:19

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

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Genesis 19:20

Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved."

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Genesis 19:21

"Very well," he answered, "I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

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thee Heb. thy face

Genesis 19:22

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it." That is why the town was called Zoar.

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i.e. little

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Genesis 19:23

And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

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Heb. gone forth

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Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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brimstone The word rendered "brimstone ," . q.d. brennestone , or brinnestone , id est burning-stone is always rendered by the LXX "sulphur ," and seems to denote a meteorous inflammable matter.

Genesis 19:25

Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

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Genesis 19:26

But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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This unhappy woman , says the Rev. T. Scott , "looked back ," contrary to God's express command , perhaps with a hope of returning , which latter supposition is favoured by our Lord's words , "Let him not return back . remember Lot's wife." She was , therefore , instantaneously struck dead and petrified , and thus remained to after ages a visible monument of the Divine displeasure

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Genesis 19:27

Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

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Genesis 19:28

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

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Genesis 19:29

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

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Genesis 19:30

Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

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Genesis 19:31

One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

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Genesis 19:32

Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

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Genesis 19:33

So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

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Genesis 19:34

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

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Genesis 19:35

So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

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Genesis 19:36

Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

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Genesis 19:37

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

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Moab This name is generally interpreted of the father; from mo , of , and av , a father.

Genesis 19:38

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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Benammi i.e. , Son of my people , from ben , a son , and ammi , my people.

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Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Judges 19:22 → Genesis 19:5, Isaiah 1:9 → Genesis 19:24-28
Echoes Acts 8:10 → Genesis 19:11, Genesis 19:24 → Genesis 18:1
Chiasms
Shaped Genesis 19:12–14, Genesis 19:15–23
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