Genesis 19:3 - Exposition

And he pressed upon them greatly. Being himself sincerely desirous to extend to them hospitality, and knowing well the danger to which they would be exposed from the violence and licentiousness of the townsmen. And they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a toast, — mishteh , from shathah , to drink, is rightly rendered πότον ( LXX .), a drink, or refreshing beverage (cf. Esther 5:6 ; Esther 7:7 )— and did bake unleavened broad —literally, bread of sweetness, that is, bread not soured by leaven. The banquet was thus of the simplest kind, chiefly, it may be hoped, for the sake of dispatch. And they did eat.