Genesis 19:18-28 KJV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And not upon those two cities only, but upon Admah and Zeboiim also, see Deuteronomy 29:23 ; this was not a common storm of thunder and lightning, with which often there is a smell of sulphur or brimstone; but this was a continued shower of sulphurous fire, or of burning flaming brimstone, which at once consumed those cities and the inhabitants of them; and the land adjacent being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew those cities ,.... Of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim: very probably at the same time that this fiery tempest was in the heavens, there was an earthquake which overthrew the cities; and so Strabo F8 Geograph. l. 16. p. 526. makes the lake, which is now the place where they stood, to be owing to earthquakes and eruptions of fire, and of hot bituminous and sulphurous waters; and says nothing of fire from heaven, which yet Tacitus and Solinus do, being unacquainted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:26

But his wife looked back from behind him ,.... That is, the wife of Lot, whose name the Jewish writers F24 Pirke Eliezer, c. 25. say was Adith, or as others Irith F25 Baal Hatturim in loc. ; and, according to the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, she was a native of Sodom: now, as they were going from Sodom to Zoar, she was behind Lot, his back was to her, so that he could not see her; this was a temptation to her to look back, since her husband could not see her; and this she... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:27

And Abraham got up early in the morning ,.... Perhaps he had had but little sleep the whole night, his thoughts being taken up with what was to befall the cities of the plain; and especially being in great concern for Lot and his family: to the place where he stood before the Lord ; Genesis 18:22 ; to the very spot of ground where he had stood the day before in the presence of the Lord, and had conversed with him, and prayed unto him; and so the Targum of Jonathan,"to the place where... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:28

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain ,.... To see how it fared with them: very probably the Lord had hinted it to him, that the destruction would be that morning, and therefore he rose early, got to the place bearly, and being on an eminence, looked wistly to see if he could observe any sign of it: and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace ; after the fiery shower was over, and the cities burnt down, the smoke... read more

Adam Clarke

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

I cannot escape to the mountain - He saw the destruction so near, that he imagined he should not have time sufficient to reach the mountain before it arrived. He did not consider that God could give no command to his creatures that it would be impossible for them to fulfill; but the hurry and perturbation of his mind will at once account for and excuse this gross oversight. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:20

It is a little one - Probably Lot wished to have it for an inheritance, and therefore pleaded its being a little one, that his request might be the more readily granted. Or he might suppose, that being a little city, it was less depraved than Sodom and Gomorrah, and therefore not so ripe for punishment; which was probably the case. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:21

See, I have accepted thee - How prevalent is prayer with God! Far from refusing to grant a reasonable petition, he shows himself as if under embarrassment to deny any. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:22

I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither - So these heavenly messengers had the strictest commission to take care of Lot and his family; and even the purposes of Divine justice could not be accomplished on the rebellious, till this righteous man and his family had escaped from the place. A proof of Abraham's assertion, The Judge of all the earth will do right. The name of the city was called Zoar - צוער Tsoar , Little, its former name being Bela. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

The Lord rained - brimstone and fire from the Lord - As all judgment is committed to the Son of God, many of the primitive fathers and several modern divines have supposed that the words ויהוה vaihovah and יהוה מאת meeth Yehovah imply, Jehovah the Son raining brimstone and fire from Jehovah the Father; and that this place affords no mean proof of the proper Divinity of our blessed Redeemer. It may be so; but though the point is sufficiently established elsewhere, it does not appear... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:28

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

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