Gen 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: Ver. 19. Behold now, thy servant, &c. ] We can receive and commend God’s favours, but be backward enough to obey him. read more
Gen 19:20 Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. Ver. 20. Is it not a little one? ] Let no man use this plea for his sin. Even the philosopher a tells us, that the smallest errors prove many times most dangerous. It is as much treason to coin pence, as bigger pieces. a Aδικηματα ελαχιστα πολλακις μεγιστα - Arist. Rhet. , lib. i. read more
Gen 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. Ver. 21. I will not overthrow this city. ] Zoar, of all the five cites, was preserved by Lot’s prayer, saith Jerome. See Deuteronomy 29:23 Isaiah 15:5 . read more
Gen 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Ver. 22. For I cannot do anything. ] Not that the execution of the divine decree depended simply upon Lot’s removal to Zoar; but upon another decree, for Lot’s removal ere Sodom were destroyed. read more
Gen 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Ver. 23. The sun was risen upon Sodom. ] But ere night there was a dismal change. Nescis quid serus vesper vehat . read more
Gen 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Ver. 24. Then the Lord rained, &c. ] Lot was no sooner taken out of Sodom, but Sodom was soon taken out of the world. The wicked are reprieved for the sake of the godly, and, but for them would suddenly be ruined. Isa 30:33 Rained upon Sodom, &c. ] Rained, not sprinkled; and not fire only, but brimstone and fire for increase of torment, and for a hell above ground, and... read more
Gen 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. Ver. 25. And he overthrew, &c. ] Some footsteps of this overthrow are to be read of in Solinus and Tacitus. Josephus a tells us of the mock-apples of Sodom, and saith, that an ox, having all his legs bound, will not sink into the lake of Sodom, the water is so dense. a Lib. v., De Bello, Jud.: - Omne carens vita in profundum mergitur; siquid vivum arte... read more
Gen 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Ver. 26. But his wife looked back. ] Whether out of curiosity, or foolish pity, or as loath to leave so sweet a country, she turned her about, and she was turned. Some think she was a Sodomite, and some tell us her name was Tytea. a Her sin, seem it never so light, was a compound of many sins. And her punishment was part of the plague of Sodom, which was "brimstone and salt," Deu 29:23 so that it became a sea... read more
Gen 19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: Ver. 27. And Abraham gat up. ] So solicitous he was for Sodom, that, as Luther thinks, he could not sleep all night. Lot was delivered by his prayers, though Abraham knew it not. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:18
Gen 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Ver. 18. Oh! not so, my Lord. ] But who shall prescribe to the Almighty? Or limit the Holy One of Israel? Are we wiser than he? Have we a trick beyond him? He lets us sometimes have our way, but to our woe at last. read more