Gen 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. Ver. 29. God remembered Abraham, &c. ] And shall he forget us, who have Christ to intercede for us? read more
Gen 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. Ver. 30. Lot went up out of Zoar, &c. ] So he should have done at first; and so he had obeyed God, saved his wife, and prevented that sin of incest with his daughters. read more
Gen 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Ver. 31. And the firstborn, &c. ] It is dangerous to live in a wicked place: yea, for though thyself mayest escape infection, thy children may be tainted, as Lot’s were. read more
Gen 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. Ver. 32. Come, let us make our father drink. ] a She knew too well, that Venus in vinis, ignis in igne furit . It is like they had wine from Zoar. They sinned against conscience; and therefore intoxicated their father, who now forgets that he is a father, and does that, in a drunken pang, that which heaven and earth were afterwards ashamed of. a So the great whore cometh... read more
Gen 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Ver. 33. Nor when she arose. ] There is a tittle extraordinary in the Hebrew, to note that this is a thing incredible, a Coire quempiam nescientem . Cajetan and Pererius conclude it possible, and give reasons for it. Calvin saith best, that it was not so much his wine, as a spirit of slumber sent upon him from God, for a... read more
Gen 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: 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. Ver. 34. The firstborn said unto the younger. ] Lot offended against both their chastities, in offering them up to the Sodomites: and they both now conspire against his chastity. read more
Gen 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Ver. 35. And they made, &c. ] Decepit ebrietas Lotum, quem Sodoma non decepit , saith Origen. Well might Athenaeus call drunkenness the metropolis of mischief, a a Mητροπολιν παντων δεινων . read more
Gen 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. Ver. 36. With child by their father. ] God suffers, oft, such unlawful commixions to take effect; for a just punishment of the same. But as a fair and perfect child born, doth not make anything better the adultery or incest in which it was begotten, so neither doth God’s purpose the sins of graceless persons. read more
Gen 19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day. Ver. 37. Called his name Moab. ] That is, the begotten of my father: so, Benammi; that is, begotten of one of my near kindred, viz., her father. Thus "they declared their sin as Sodom, they hid it not," Isa 3:9 but gloried in their shame. It is as hard to come from Sodom, and not taste of the sap of such a soil, as to walk barefaced in the hot sun, and not be tanned. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:28
Gen 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. Ver. 28. And he looked. ] Abraham might look upon the smoke of Sodom; Lot might not; because it would work more on Lot’s heart, than on Abraham’s, who had more grace. The smoke of the country. ] Nothing else was now to be seen of that fair and fruitful plain. Sic transit gloria mundi . When we most greedily grasp earthly... read more