Genesis 19:1-6

God Rescues Lot

1 The 1two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
2 and said, "My lords, 2please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night 3and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, 4"No; we will spend the night in the town square."
3 But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.
5 5And they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? 6Bring them out to us, that we 7may know them."
6 Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,

Genesis 19:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.

Cross References 7

  • 1. Genesis 18:22
  • 2. Hebrews 13:2; [Judges 4:18]
  • 3. See Genesis 18:4
  • 4. [Luke 24:28]
  • 5. Isaiah 3:9; [Genesis 13:13]
  • 6. Judges 19:22
  • 7. Romans 1:24, 27; Jude 7
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