“ And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. ”
- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־ < הלאה gesh - hāl'âh , “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים san e vērı̂ym , “blindness,” affecting the mental mor...
The men reach Sodom at even, and Lot, sitting as was customary in the spacious city gate, invites them, with the same courtesy and hospitality as his uncle, to stay the night in his house. They at fi...
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, Lot went out at the door unto them. Hospitality was considered a sacred duty, and imposed upon a host the obligation of pr...
The Destruction of the Cities of the Plain 1. The visit of the two angels (who are 'the men' of Genesis 18 ) may be regarded as the final test of Sodom. If they were hospitably received and honou...
DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN Genesis 19:1-38 WHILE Abraham was pleading with the Lord the angels were pursuing their way to Sodom. And in doing so they apparently observed the laws of...
Angels with Lot in Sodom Genesis 19:1-11 This chapter withdraws the veil from the ministry of angels. The Lord of Angels stayed with Abraham on the heights. He also, in future ages, was to desc...
Here the story of the visit of Jehovah and the angels is continued. Here we see the two angels coming to Lot. By this time Lot had attained to a position of eminence in Sodom. The phrase, "sitting in...
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. Observe how God protects his people in the moment of danger.
And said, I pray you, brethren ,.... Not by family or nation, for the Sodomites were of the race of Ham, in the line of Canaan, and Lot was a descendant of Shem, in the line of Arphaxad; nor by reli...
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Ver. 7. Do not so wickedly. ] They were the first that fell into this foul sin, and were therefore worthily hanged up in gibbets by God for a te...
SODOM'S WICKEDNESS EXPOSED Not in the heat of the day, but in the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was sitting in the gate, the place of a judge. He was a believer making an effort to...
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and s...
They were brethren by community of nature and habitation; see Genesis 9:5 , Genesis 29:4 Leviticus 19:17 ; and so he calls them, if possibly he might sweeten and restrain them.
‘And he said, “I beg you, my fellow-citizens, do not behave so wickedly”.' It is no easy task to face such a baying crowd. Lot was unquestionably a brave man. But he has given hospitality to the st...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 19:5 . That we may know them.] A well-known euphemism for a foul crime which derives its name from this infamous place. “From Leviticus 22-25 we learn that the practice o...
Genesis 19 Notice: I. Sodom's sinfulness. Her sins were committed amidst an unbounded flush of prosperity; they were committed amidst scenes of much natural loveliness, Nature being outraged befo...
Genesis 19:1 . Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, as a magistrate, no doubt, for the wicked accuse him of making himself a judge or elder. The main gate of a city was the usual place of hearing causes,...
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door The eve of judgment to sinners I. THEIR WICKEDNESS IS UNABATED. 1. It extends to all classes of...
EXPOSITION Genesis 19:1 And there came two angels —literally, the two angels , i.e. the two men of the preceding chapter who accompanied Jehovah to Mature; οἱ δύο ἄγγελλοι ( LXX .)—...
The Esvil Intention of the Sodomites
Genesis 19:4 Leviticus 18:22 Leviticus 20:13 Deuteronomy 23:17 Judges 19:23 1 Samuel 30:23 1 Samuel 30:24 Acts 17:26 Romans 1:24 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Jude 1:7
Abraham and Lot Contrasted Genesis 19:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter into Genesis nineteen we are struck with many contrasts between it and Genesis eighteen. The eighteenth speaks of Abra...