Genesis 19:24 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:24-25

Then, when Lot had got safely into Zoar, then this ruin came; for good men are taken away from the evil to come. Then, when the sun had risen bright and clear, promising a fair day, then this storm arose, to show that it was not from natural causes. Concerning this destruction observe, 1. God was the immediate author of it. It was destruction from the Almighty: The Lord rained?from the Lord (Gen. 19:24), that is, God from himself, by his own immediate power, and not in the common course of... read more

John Gill

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

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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

Verse 24 24.Then the Lord rained. Moses here succinctly relates in very unostentatious language, the destruction of Sodom and of the other cities. The atrocity of the case might well demand a much more copious narration, expressed in tragic terms; but Moses, according to his manner, simply recites the judgment of God, which no words would be sufficiently vehement to describe, and then leaves the subject to the meditation of his readers. It is therefore our duty to concentrate all our thoughts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:23-25

The righteousness of God revealed. The judgment of God upon Sodom and the cities of the plain. The deliverance of Lot. The reception of the two angels by Lot was a great contrast to that of the three by Abraham. The scene of the Divine judgment is suggestive. The plain of the Jordan was well watered, attracted Lot by its beauty and promise. Early civilization gathered about such spots, but civilization without religion is a blasting influence. There are hidden fountains of judgment ready... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained —literally, and Jehovah caused it to rain ; καὶ κύριος ἔβρεξε ( LXX .), which latter term is adopted by Luke in describing this event ( Genesis 17:1-27 :29)— upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah —and also upon Admah and Zeboim ( Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Hosea 11:8 ), Bela, or Zoar, of the five cities of the Jordan circle ( Genesis 14:2 , Genesis 14:8 ) being exempted— brimstone and fire — גָּפְרִית ; properly pitch, though the name was afterwards... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

The judgment of fire. I. THE DELIVERANCE OF LOT . 1. Mercifully warned . The intimation conveyed by the angels was— 2. Urgently hastened . Notwithstanding the angel's warning, it is obvious that Lot trifled, probably from a latent apprehension that there was plenty of time, if not from any secret dubiety as to the need for the celestial exhortation; and so do sinners dally yet with the solemn announcement of the gospel, which necessitates that they Be vehemently... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 19:1-38

- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back.11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision.37. מואב mô'āb, Moab; מאב mē'āb, “from a father.” בן־עמי ben-‛amı̂y, Ben-‘ammi, “son of my people.” עמון ‛amôn, ‘Ammon, “of the people.”This chapter is the continuation and conclusion of the former. It records a part of God’s strange work - strange, because it consists in punishment, and because... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 19:24

Genesis 19:24. Then the Lord rained, from the Lord The Son, who had conversed with Abraham, from the Father, for the Father has committed all judgment to the Son. He that is they Saviour will be the destroyer of those that reject the salvation. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:1-38

Sodom and Gomorrah (19:1-38)Meanwhile the two messengers arrived in Sodom. Lot, knowing the danger that strangers faced in the streets of Sodom at night, welcomed them into his house (19:1-3). Although Lot did not agree with the immoral practices of Sodom (2 Peter 2:7-8), he apparently did not have the courage to oppose them. He was even prepared to allow the sexual perverts of the city to rape his daughters, in order to protect his two guests from homosexual assault. In a blinding judgment,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:24-25

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:23-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 19:1-38

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 19:24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:1-38

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