Genesis 19:30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:30-38

Here is, I. The great trouble and distress that Lot was brought into after his deliverance, Gen. 19:30. 1. He was frightened out of Zoar, durst not dwell there; probably because he was conscious to himself that it was a refuge of his own choosing and that herein he had foolishly prescribed to God, and therefore he could not but distrust his safety in it; or because he found it as wicked as Sodom, and therefore concluded it could not long survive it; or perhaps he observed the rise and increase... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:30

And Lot went up out of Zoar ,.... Which lay in the plain, and therefore when he went from thence to the mountain, it was by an ascent: and dwelt in the mountain ; which the Lord had directed him to go to before, but was unwilling, and chose Zoar, and desired he might flee thither, and that that might be spared; but now he likes God's advice for him better than his own, and therefore betook himself to the mountain, where he might think himself safest, and where he continued; very probably... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:30

Lot went up out of Zoar - From seeing the universal desolation that had fallen upon the land, and that the fire was still continuing its depredations, he feared to dwell in Zoar, lest that also should be consumed, and then went to those very mountains to which God had ordered him at first to make his escape. Foolish man is ever preferring his own wisdom to that of his Maker. It was wrong at first not to betake himself to the mountain; it was wrong in the next place to go to it when God had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:30

Verse 30 30.And Lot went up out of Zoar. This narration proves what I have before alluded to, that those things which men contrive for themselves, by rash counsels drawn from carnal reason, never prosper: especially when men, deluded by vain hope, or impelled by depraved wishes, depart from the word of God. For although temerity commonly seems to be successful at the beginning; and they who are carried away by their lusts, exult over the joyful issue of affairs; yet the Lord, at length, curses... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:30

And Lot went up out of Zoar (probably soon after), and dwelt in the mountain ( i.e. of Moab, on the east of the Dead Sea), and his two daughters —step-daughters, it has been suggested, if Lot married a widow who was the mother of the two girls (Starke)— with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar —from which the panic-stricken inhabitants may have fled towards the mountains (Murphy), either because at that time it was shaken by an earthquake (Jerome, Rosenmüller); or because he dreaded... 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 19:30

Genesis 19:30. He feared to dwell in Zoar Probably he found it as wicked as Sodom; and therefore concluded it could not long survive it; or perhaps he observed the rise and increase of those waters, which, after the conflagration, began to overflow the plain, and which, mixing with the ruins, by degrees, made the Dead sea. In those waters he concluded Zoar must needs perish, (though it had escaped the fire,) because it stood upon the same flat. He was now glad to go to the mountain, the... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 19:30

"And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him: for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters."The weakness of Lot's faith appears also in this. He had received divine permission to dwell in Zoar, but nevertheless he was afraid to stay there and decided to flee to the mountains as the angel had at first commanded him to do. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 19:30

Genesis 19:30. For he feared to dwell in Zoar— We have here another proof (see Genesis 19:19.) of the weakness of Lot's faith. He seems to have been very timorous, and to have had but little of the fortitude of his uncle Abraham. God had lately preserved Zoar for his sake, and yet he is scarcely arrived there, before he thinks himself not in sufficient safety. Some suppose, to justify him, that he found the inhabitants of Zoar extremely wicked, and could not reform them; and, therefore, fearing... read more

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