Genesis 19:9-14 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:12

Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law - Here there appears to be but one meant, as the word חתן chathan is in the singular number; but in Genesis 19:14 ; the word is plural, חתיו chathanaiv , his sons-in-law. There were only two in number; as we do not hear that Lot had more than two daughters: and these seem not to have been actually married to those daughters, but only betrothed, as is evident from what Lot says, Genesis 19:8 ; for they had not known man, but were the spouses... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:9

Verse 9 9.And they said, Stand back. That Lot, with all his entreaties, than which nothing could be adduced more likely to soothe their rage, was thus harshly repelled, shows the indomitable haughtiness of this people. And, in the first place, they threaten that, if he persists in interceding, they will deal worse with him than with those whom he defends. Then they reproach him with the fact, that he, a foreigner, assumes the province of a judge. Every word proves the pride with which they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:10

Verse 10 10.But the men put forth their hand. Moses again gives the name of men to those who were not so, but who had appeared as such; for although they begin to exert their celestial force, they do not yet declare that they are angels divinely sent from heaven. But here Moses teaches, that the Lord, although he may for a time seem regardless, while the faithful are engaged in conflict, yet never deserts his own, but stretches out his hand, (so to speak,) at the critical moment. Thus, in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:12

Verse 12 12.Hast thou here any besides? At length the angels declare for what purpose they came, and what they were about to do. For so great was the indignity of the last act of this people, that Lot must now see how impossible it was for God to bear with them any longer. And, in the first place, they declare, that they are come to destroy the city, because the cry of it was waxen great. By which words they mean, that God was provoked, not by one act of wickedness only, but that, after he had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:13

Verse 13 13.The Lord has sent us to destroy it. This place teaches us, that the angels are the ministers of God’s wrath, as well as of his grace. Nor does it form any objection to this statement, that elsewhere the latter service is peculiarly ascribed to holy angels: as when the Apostle says, they were appointed for the salvation of those whom God had adopted as sons. (Hebrews 1:14.) And the Scripture, in various places, testifies, that the guardianship of the pious is committed to them,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:14

Verse 14 14.And Lot went out. The faith of the holy man, Lot, appeared first in this, that he was completely awed and humbled at the threatening of God; secondly, that in the midst of destruction, he yet laid hold of the salvation promised to him. In inviting his sons-in-law to join him, he manifests such diligence as becomes the sons of God; who ought to labor, by all means, to rescue their own families from destruction. But when Moses says, ‘he appeared as one who mocked;’ the meaning is,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:1-11

Warning lights in Sodom. I. THE FLICKERING LIGHT OF LOT 'S PIETY . 1. That the light of Lot's piety was still burning, though he had long been subjected to the moral contamination of the licentious Pentapolis, is apparent from— 2. That the light of Lot's piety, though still burning, was fast fading, may be gathered from the circumstances— II. THE LURID LIGHT OF SODOM 'S IMPIETY . Already well enough known as to its character, the wickedness of Sodom is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:9

And they said, Stand back . Ἀπόστα ἐκεῖ ( LXX .); recede illuc (Vulgate); "Make way," i.e. for us to enter (Keil, Knobel, Gesenius); Approach hither (Baumgarten, Kalisch); Come near, farther off ('Speaker's Commentary'). And they said again, This one fellow (literally, the one, an expression of the Sodomites' contempt) came in to sojourn, and he will heeds be a judge :—literally, and shall he judge, judging ; shall he continually play the judge, referring doubtless to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:10

But the men ( i.e. the angels) put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door —deleth ( vide Genesis 19:6 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:11

And they smote the men that were at the door —the pethaeh, or opening ( vide Genesis 19:6 )— of the house with blindness ,— סַגְוֵרִים (sanverim), from an unused quadrilateral signifying to dazzle, is perhaps here intended not for natural blindness, but for confused or bewildered vision, involving for the time being loss of sight, and accompanied by mental aberration; what Aben Ezra calls "blindness of eye and mind" (cf. 2 Kings 6:18 )— both small and great: so that they... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:11

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