Genesis 19:29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:27-29

Our communion with God consists in our gracious regard to him and his gracious regard to us; we have here therefore the communion that was between God and Abraham, in the event concerning Sodom, as before in the consultation concerning it, for communion with God is to be kept up in providences as well as in ordinances. I. Here is Abraham's pious regard to God in this event, in two things:?1. A careful expectation of the event, Gen. 19:27. He got up early to look towards Sodom; and, to intimate... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:29

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain ,.... Not when he had destroyed them, but when he was about to destroy them; for Lot was sent out from them, and delivered out of them, before they were destroyed; and therefore Noldius rightly renders the words, "before God destroyed" F13 בשחת "antequam perderet", Nold. Ebr. concord. partic. p. 144. No. 679. them: that God remembered Abraham ; his promise to him, that he would bless them that blessed him, Genesis... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:29

God remembered Abraham - Though he did not descend lower than ten righteous persons, (see Genesis 18:32 ;), yet the Lord had respect to the spirit of his petitions, and spared all those who could be called righteous, and for Abraham's sake offered salvation to all the family of Lot, though neither his sons-in-law elect nor his own wife ultimately profited by it. The former ridiculed the warning; and the latter, though led out by the hands of the angel, yet by breaking the command of God... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:29

Verse 29 29.God remembered Abraham. Although Moses does not assert that the deliverance of Abraham’s nephew was made known to him; yet since he says, that Lot was saved from destruction for Abraham’s sake, it is probable that he was not deprived of that consolation which he most needed; and that he was conscious of the benefit, for which it became him to give thanks. If it seems to any one absurd, that the holy man Lot should be granted for the sake of another; as if the Lord had not respect to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:29

And it came to pass —not a pluperfect (Rosenmüller), as if a direct continuation of the preceding narrative, but a preterit, being the commencement of a new subdivision of the history in which the writer treats of Lot's residence in Zoar— when God —Elohim. Hence, as a fragment of the original Elohist's composition, the present verse is by the pseudo-criticism connected with Genesis 17:27 (Ilgen, Tuch, Block); but "a greater abruptness of style and a more fragmentary mode of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:29

The last days of Lot. I. HAUNTED BY TERROR . 1. The terror of Divine judgment . The appalling spectacle of Sodom's overthrow had no doubt filled him with alarm. And so are God's judgments in the earth designed to put the souls of men in fear ( Psalms 9:20 ; Psalms 46:8-10 ; Psalms 119:120 ). 2. The terror of men. Dwelling in Zoar, he apprehended an outburst of wrath from the citizens, who probably regarded him as the cause of the ruin which had invaded Sodom. So... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:29

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah I. THE VISIBLE JUDGMENT . "God overthrew the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah —the cities in which Lot dwelt." 1. The reason. 2. The instrumentality. 3. The reality. 4. The lessons of the overthrow. II. THE UNKNOWN MERCY . "He sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow." To Abraham this was— 1. A great mercy. 2. A mercy granted in answer to prayer. But— 3. An unknown mercy, there being no reason to... 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 19:27-29

Genesis 19:27-29 . And Abraham gat up early To see what was become of his prayers, he went to the very place where he had stood before the Lord. And he looked toward Sodom Not as Lot’s wife did, tacitly reflecting upon the divine severity, but humbly adoring it, and acquiescing in it. Here is God’s favourable regard to Abraham. As before, when Abraham prayed for Ishmael, God heard him for Isaac; so now, when he prayed for Sodom, he heard him for Lot. God remembered Abraham, and for his... 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

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