創世記 19:5-8 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:4-11

Now it appeared, beyond contradiction, that the cry of Sodom was no louder than there was cause for. This night's work was enough to fill the measure. For we find here, I. That they were all wicked, Gen. 19:4. Wickedness had become universal, and they were unanimous in any vile design. Here were old and young, and all from every quarter, engaged in this riot; the old were not past it, and the young had soon come up to it. Either they had no magistrates to keep the peace, and protect the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:5

And they called unto Lot ,.... With a loud voice, that he might hear, they being in the street, and he within doors; and perhaps there might be a court before his house, through which there was a passage up to it, as seems from Genesis 19:6 , and said unto him, where are the men which came in to thee this night ? for though they were angels, they appeared like men, and they seemed to be so to them who saw them go into Lot's house: bring them out unto us, that we may know them ; not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:6

And Lot went out at the door unto them ,.... At the door of his house: and shut the door after him ; the door of the passage to his house, the courtyard door, for another word is here used; unless the one was properly the door, and the other a hatch: however, this precaution of shutting it was used to prevent the men of Sodom rushing in, and taking away the men by violence; and that Lot might have some opportunity of trying what he could do by arguments, to prevail upon them to desist... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:7

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 religion, for the one were idolaters, and the other a worshipper of the true God, but by community of nature; and especially he called them so by reason of their having been neighbours considerable time, and on the score of friendship, see 1 Kings 9:13 ; and with this soft and loving language Lot... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:8

Behold now, I have two daughters, which have not known man ,.... Though some think they were espoused to men, but had not yet cohabited with them, see Genesis 19:14 , let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes ; this was a very great evil in Lot to make such an offer of his daughters; it was contrary to parental love and affection, an exposing the chastity of his daughters, which should have been his care to preserve; nor had he a power to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:5

Where are the men which came in to thee, etc. - This account justifies the character given of this depraved people in the preceding chapter, Genesis 18:20 , and in Genesis 23:13 . As their crime was the deepest disgrace to human nature, so it is too bad to be described; in the sacred text it is sufficiently marked; and the iniquity which, from these most abominable wretches, has been called Sodomy, is punished in our country with death. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:8

Behold now, I have two daughters - Nothing but that sacred light in which the rights of hospitality were regarded among the eastern nations, could either justify or palliate this proposal of Lot. A man who had taken a stranger under his care and protection, was bound to defend him even at the expense of his own life. In this light the rights of hospitality are still regarded in Asiatic countries; and on these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can properly... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:5

Verse 5 5.Where are the men ? Although it was their intention shamefully to abuse the strangers to their outrageous appetite, yet, in words, they pretend that their object is different. For, as if Lot had been guilty of a fault in admitting unknown men into the city, wherein he himself was a stranger, they command these men to be brought out before them. Some expound the word know in a carnal sense; and thus the Greek interpreters have translated it. (418) But I think the word has here a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:6

Verse 6 6.And Lot went out at the door unto them. It appears from the fact that Lot went out and exposed himself to danger, how faithfully he observed the sacred right of hospitality. It was truly a rare virtue, that he preferred the safety and honor of the guests whom he had once undertaken to protect, to his own life: yet this degree of magnanimity is required from the children of God, that where duty and fidelity are concerned, they should not spare themselves. And although he was already... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:8

Verse 8 8.I have two daughters. As the constancy of Lot, in risking his own life for the defense of his guests, deserves no common praise; so now Moses relates that a defect was mixed with this great virtue, which sprinkled it with some imperfection. For, being destitute of advice, he devises (as is usual in intricate affairs) an unlawful remedy. He does not hesitate to prostitute his own daughters, that he may restrain the indomitable fury of the people. But he should rather have endured a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:4-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:8

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