Genesis 19:14-17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:12-14

We have here the preparation for Lot's deliverance. I. Notice is given him of the approach of Sodom's ruin: We will destroy this place, Gen. 19:13. Note, The holy angels are ministers of God's wrath for the destruction of sinners, as well as of his mercy for the preservation and deliverance of his people. In this sense, the good angels become evil angels, Ps. 78:49. II. He is directed to give notice to his friends and relations, that they, it they would, might be saved with him (Gen. 19:12):... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:15-23

1. With what a gracious violence Lot was brought out of Sodom, Gen. 19:16. It seems, though he did not make a jest of the warning given, as his sons-in-law did, yet he lingered, he trifled, he did not make so much haste as the case required. Thus many that are under some convictions about the misery of their spiritual state, and the necessity of a change, yet defer that needful work, and foolishly linger. Lot did so, and it might have been fatal to him it the angels had not laid hold of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out ,.... From his house, after the men of Sodom were gone from it, and before the morning, very probably about midnight: and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters : according to Aben Ezra, he had two other daughters that perished in Sodom, which he gathers from Genesis 19:15 , "which are here", as if he had some elsewhere; and so Jarchi says, he had two daughters married in the city. And the Jewish writers F17 Pirke Eliezer, c. 25. speak of one of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:15

And when the morning arose ,.... When it was break of day, for as yet the sun was not risen, nor did it rise until Lot got to Zoar, Genesis 19:23 . He was now returned from his sons-in-law, and by this time it began to be light: then the angels hastened Lot ; urged him to get out of his house as fast as he could: saying, arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here ; from whence Aben Ezra, and others, have concluded, as has been observed, that he had other daughters... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:16

And while he lingered ,.... Delayed going out of his house, either loath to leave his goods and substance behind him; or waiting to see whether his sons-in-law would come to him; or, as others, praying that God would spare the city: though rather the sense is, that he was so amazed, and filled with horror and trembling at the thought of what judgments were coming on the city, that he was like one stupid, that had no power to stir nor move, which seems best to agree with the sense of the word... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad ,.... Into the fields of Sodom, or the suburbs of it: that he said, escape for thy life ; not one of the two men or angels that had been with him all the night past, for they had now left him, and were gone back to the city: but Jehovah the Son of God, who had been communing with Abraham, and now came to Sodom, and appeared to Lot, just at the time the two angels left him, and bid him escape with all haste, if he had any regard... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:16

While he lingered - Probably in affectionate though useless entreaties to prevail on the remaining parts of his family to escape from the destruction that was now descending; laid hold upon his hand - pulled them away by mere force, the Lord being merciful; else they had been left to perish in their lingering, as the others were in their gainsaying. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:17

When they had brought them forth, etc. - Every word here is emphatic, Escape for thy Life; thou art in the most imminent danger of perishing; thy life and thy soul are both at stake. Look not behind thee - thou hast but barely time enough to escape from the judgment that is now descending; no lingering, or thou art lost! one look back may prove fatal to thee, and God commands thee to avoid it. Neither stay thou in all the plain, because God will destroy that as well as the city. Escape to... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:15

Verse 15 15.The angels hastened Lot. Having praised the faith and piety of Lot, Moses shows that something human still adhered to him; because the angels hastened him, when he was lingering. The cause of his tardiness might be, that he thought he was going into exile: thus a multiplicity of cares and fears disturb his anxious mind. For he doubts what would happen to him, as a fugitives when, having left his house and furniture, naked and in want, he should retake himself to some desert place.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:12-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:15-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:17

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:15

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