Genesis 19:9 - Exposition

And they said, Stand back . Ἀπόστα ἐκεῖ ( LXX .); recede illuc (Vulgate); "Make way," i.e. for us to enter (Keil, Knobel, Gesenius); Approach hither (Baumgarten, Kalisch); Come near, farther off ('Speaker's Commentary'). And they said again, This one fellow (literally, the one, an expression of the Sodomites' contempt) came in to sojourn, and he will heeds be a judge :—literally, and shall he judge, judging ; shall he continually play the judge, referring doubtless to Lot's daily remonstrances against their wickedness (cf. 2 Peter 2:7 , 2 Peter 2:8 )— now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they premed Bore upon the man, even Lot (literally, upon Lot, who appears to have offered a sturdy resistance to their violence no less than to their clamors), and came near to break ( שָׁבַר , to break to pieces, to shiver) the door.