Genesis 19:17-23 KJV,NLT

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 19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad ,.... Into the fields of Sodom, or the suburbs of it: that he said, escape for thy life ; not one of the two men or angels that had been with him all the night past, for they had now left him, and were gone back to the city: but Jehovah the Son of God, who had been communing with Abraham, and now came to Sodom, and appeared to Lot, just at the time the two angels left him, and bid him escape with all haste, if he had any regard... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:21

And he said unto him, see, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also ,.... Accepted thy prayer and granted thy request, as well as in other things; shown grace and mercy to thee: or, "have lifted up thy face" F5 נשאתי פניך "suscepi faciem tuam", Pagninus, Moatanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Piscator. ; alluding to the custom of the eastern countries, where persons, when they come into the presence of their superiors, used to prostrate their faces to the ground; when, as a token of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:22

Haste thee, escape thither ,.... Seeing he had granted him his request, he is urgent upon him to be gone, and not to delay upon any account, or make other excuses: for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither ; that is, consistent with the decree of God, that Lot and his family should be delivered and preserved, and with his promise made to him, that he would not overthrow that city; and therefore the catastrophe which would befall all the cities at once could not begin until he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:23

And the sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Which is observed partly to point at the time of his entrance into the city, and of the burning of Sodom, which began at the same time; and partly to show what a fine morning it was, and what little appearance there was of such a tempest rising as quickly did; so that the inhabitants of Sodom, who were up so early, little thought of so sudden a catastrophe, and those that were in their beds were at once surprised with it: it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:17

When they had brought them forth, etc. - Every word here is emphatic, Escape for thy Life; thou art in the most imminent danger of perishing; thy life and thy soul are both at stake. Look not behind thee - thou hast but barely time enough to escape from the judgment that is now descending; no lingering, or thou art lost! one look back may prove fatal to thee, and God commands thee to avoid it. Neither stay thou in all the plain, because God will destroy that as well as the city. Escape to... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:17

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:17

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

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