Genesis 19:30-38

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:31

And the firstborn said unto the younger ,.... That is, the firstborn of those two, or the elder of them; for, if Lot had other daughters that were married in Sodom, it is probable they were elder than either of these: Aben Ezra intimates, that Lot had another wife, who died first, and these were by his second; the following motion is made by the eldest of them to the youngest, as being bolder, having more authority, and a greater influence to persuade: our father is old ; if he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:32

Come, let us make our father drink wine ,.... Meaning to excess, so as to be inebriated with it, and not know what he did: this wine might be brought with them from Sodom, with other provisions for their refreshment and support; or it may be rather from Zoar, where they furnished themselves with a quantity for their support in the mountain they betook themselves unto: and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father ; have children by him, and propagate and preserve... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:33

And they made their father drink wine that night ,.... They persuaded him to drink liberally, urged him to it again, in order to make him drunk, and so complete their design; and Lot might be the more prevailed upon to drink freely, in order to remove his sorrow, and refresh his spirits under the loss of his wife, and his daughters, if he had any married in Sodom, as some suppose, and his sons-in-law, and of all his goods and substance; though this will not excuse his drinking to excess, nor... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:34

And it came to pass on the morrow ,.... The day following the night, in which the above was transacted: that the firstborn said to the younger, behold, I lay yesternight with my father ; informed her, that what they had contrived succeeded according to their wish, and therefore, for her encouragement to go on, proposes to take the same method again: let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father ; may have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:35

And they made their father drink wine that night also ,.... Until he was drunk; which is an aggravation of his sin, that he should be overtaken a second time, and that so soon as the next night, when he ought to have been upon his guard, knowing how he had fallen into it the night before: and the younger arose and lay with him ; arose from her own bed, and went to her father's, and lay down by him: and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose ; See Gill on Genesis... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:36

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. We learn from hence what the best of men are when left to themselves; a good man, a righteous Lot, is guilty of crimes the most shocking; he exposed the chastity of his daughters to the men of Sodom, and now his daughters attacked him, and succeeded, being both with child by him; and this brought about by excessive drinking, a sin which often leads on to the foulest crimes, and therefore to be carefully avoided; these sins Lot... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:37

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab ,.... As if it was "Meab", from the father, as Aben Ezra, and so Josephus, that is, which she had by her father; and she was so far from being ashamed that it might be known in time to come, she gave him this name. Hillerus F23 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 414. makes it to be a compound of אב and מובא , and to signify "going into", or "lying with a father", which still more notoriously points to her own action. Drusius has another... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:38

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi ,.... That is, "the son of my people", being the son of her father; which though it does not so manifestly appear in this name, as in the other, yet there is some trace of it; and she would have it be known by this, that he was not the son of a stranger, but of a relation of her own: some attribute this to her being more modest than her elder sister; but it looks as if neither of them were sensible of any crime they had been... read more

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