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
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