Genesis 19:18-20 NIV

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 19:18

And Lot said unto them ,.... Supposing three present, not observing that the two angels had left him that had brought him thither; though it is but to one of them he addresses himself, even to him who had bid him make the best of his way to the mountain, as appears by what follows: oh, not so, my Lord ; that is, let me not be obliged to go so far as to the mountain; though R. Samuel takes it to be an assent, and interprets the phrase of his being willing: but this does not agree with... read more

John Gill

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

Behold, now thy servant hath found grace in thy sight ,.... In sending two of his angels to him, to inform him of the approaching destruction of Sodom; to pluck him out of it as a brand out of the burning, and to place him without the city, and in directing and encouraging him to escape for his life: and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; he owns it was owing to the mercy of this illustrious Person, whom he knew and acknowledges, by what he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:20

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto ,.... Pointing to Bela, afterwards called Zoar, from what follows: it is said to be two miles distant from Sodom F26 Bunting's Travels, p. 63. . But the Jews F1 T. Hieros. Beracot, fol. 2,3. & Gloss. in ib. say it was four miles, and some say F2 T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 94. 1. five; for they reckon that a man may go five miles from the ascent of the morning (or break of day) till the sun shines out: and it is a little one ... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:18

Verse 18 18.And Lot said unto them. Here another fault of Lot is censured, because he does not simply obey God, nor suffer himself to be preserved according to His will, but contrives some new method of his own. God assigns him a mountain as his future place of refuge, he rather chooses for himself a city. They are therefore under a mistake, who so highly extol his faith, as to deem this a perfect example of suitable prayer; for the design of Moses is rather to teach, that the faith of Lot was... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 19 19.Behold now, they servant has found grace in thy sight. Though Lot saw two persons, he yet directs his discourse to one. Whence we infer, that he did not rely upon the angels; because he was well convinced that they had no authority of their own, and that his salvation was not placed in their hands. He uses therefore their presence in no other way than as a mirror, in which the face of God may be contemplated. Besides, Lot commemorates the kindness of God, not so much for the sake of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:18

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord . Adonai, which should rather be translated Lord; whence it would almost seem as if Lot knew that his interlocutor was Jehovah. Keil admits that Lot recognized a manifestation of God in the angels, and Lange speaks of a miraculous report of the voice of God coming to him along with the miraculous vision of the angels. That the historian uses "them" instead of "him" only proves that at the time Jehovah was accompanied by the angels, as he had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight (cf. Genesis 18:3 ), and thou hast magnified thy mercy (language inappropriate to be addressed to the angels, though exactly suitable if applied by Lot to Jehovah), which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil (more correctly, the evil, i.e. the destruction threatened upon Sodom) take me, and I die. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:18

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:20

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:18

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:19

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