Genesis 19:1-6

The Doom of Sodom

1 Now the ¹two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When ²Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

2 And he said, "Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." They said however, "No, but we shall spend the night in the square."

3 Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; ³and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 Before they lay down, ⁴the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

5 and they called to Lot and said to him, "⁵Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them."

6 But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

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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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. Genesis 18:2, 22
2. Genesis 18:2-5
3. Genesis 18:6-8
4. Genesis 13:13; Genesis 18:20
5. Leviticus 18:22; Judges 19:22

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "bowed himself"
[b]. Or "without exception;" lit "from every end"
[c]. I.e. have intercourse