Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Genesis 19:13
We will destroy this place The holy angels are ministers of God's wrath for the destruction of sinners, as well as of his mercy for the preservation and deliverance of his people.
We will destroy this place The holy angels are ministers of God's wrath for the destruction of sinners, as well as of his mercy for the preservation and deliverance of his people.
- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים _san__e__vērı̂ym_, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular visi...
CHAPTER 19 THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH _ 1. The angels visit (Genesis 19:1)_ 2. Lot and the Sodomites (Genesis 19:6) 3. The destruction of Sodom announced (Genesis 19:12) 4. Lot and his
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
The men have learnt all they need to know of Sodom's character, and tell Lot of its impending fate that he may be rescued with his household. His prospective sons-in-law (_mg.)_ do not heed his warnin...
WILL DESTROY. are about to destroy. FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
_we will destroy_ See Genesis 19:24. _the cry of them_ i.e. the cry against the people of Sodom; see note on Genesis 18:20. _the Lord hath sent us_ Defining the position of the men in this and the p...
_5. Lot's Deliverance (Genesis 19:12-17_) 12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of...
_AND THE MEN SAID UNTO LOT, HAST THOU HERE ANY BESIDES? SON IN LAW, AND THY SONS, AND THY DAUGHTERS, AND WHATSOEVER THOU HAST IN THE CITY, BRING THEM OUT OF THIS PLACE:_ Hast thou here any besides? ....
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN 1. The visit of the two angels (who are 'the men' of Genesis 18) may be regarded as the final test of Sodom. If they were hospitably received and honourably...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 19 TWO *ANGELS GO TO SODOM V1 The two *angels reached Sodom in the evening. Lot sat at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he stood up. He went...
כִּֽי ־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ אֶת ־הַ מָּקֹ֖ום...
DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN Genesis 19:1 WHILE Abraham was pleading with the Lord the angels were pursuing their way to Sodom. And in doing so they apparently observed the laws of those hu...
SODOM AND GOMORRAH DESTROYED Genesis 19:12 It was a very weak nature that heaven was so eager to rescue. Though described as a _righteous_ man, Lot was a very weak one. He had pitched his tent toward...
Here the story of the visit of Jehovah and the angels is continued. Here we see the two angels coming to Lot. By this time Lot had attained to a position of eminence in Sodom. The phrase, "sitting in...
LOT AND HIS FAMILY Any doubt one has about God keeping wicked under his protective care is removed by this story. The angels delivered Lot, his wife and their two daughters safely from the city before...
For (g) we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. (g) This proves that the angels are ministers, both to...
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
13._The Lord has sent us to destroy it_. This place teaches us, that the angels are the ministers of God’s wrath, as well as of his grace. Nor does it form any objection to this statement, that elsewh...
Lot, in the following chapter, because of his connection with the heavenly man, depositary of God's counsels and wisdom, and intercessor, himself down in the plain of this world, which he had chosen,...
FOR WE WILL DESTROY THIS PLACE,.... Or "we are destroying it" p, are about to do it, and will quickly and immediately do it: BECAUSE THE CRY OF THEM IS WAXEN GREAT BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD; the cr...
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. Ver. 13. _For we will destroy this place._] Even the good...
1 Lot entertaineth two Angels. 4 The vicious Sodomites are striken with blindnesse. 12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountaines. 18 Hee obtaineth leaue to goe into Zoar. 24 Sodome and Gomorrah a...
for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. In their capacity of protecting servants to the children of...
The Rescue of Lot...
See Genesis 18:1 ff for the passage quote with footnotes. 3. _The entrance and sojourn of the two angels in Sodom, and the completed manifestation of its corruption in opposition to the better conduct...
SODOM'S WICKEDNESS EXPOSED Not in the heat of the day, but in the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was sitting in the gate, the place of a judge. He was a believer making an effort to con...
1-29 Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for saving Lot and his family. Lot lingere...
No text from Poole on this verse....
There are two methods which the Lord graciously adopts, in order to draw the heart away from this present world. The first is, by setting before it the attractiveness and stability of "things above....
Genesis 19:13 we H587 destroy H7843 (H8688) H853 place H4725 outcry H6818 great H1431 (H8804) before...
‘And the men said to Lot, “Have you any other relatives? Son-in-law, your sons and your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of this place. For we will destroy this place becaus...
Genesis 19 Notice: I. Sodom's sinfulness. Her sins were committed amidst an unbounded flush of prosperity; they were committed amidst scenes of much natural loveliness, Nature being outraged before...
Genesis 19:12. _And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:_ Let me bid eve...
CONTENTS: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's backsliding and escape. CHARACTERS: Angels, Lot and family, Abraham, Moab, Benammi. CONCLUSION: No Christian can find his pleasure and profit in th...
Genesis 19:1. _Lot sat in the gate of Sodom,_ as a magistrate, no doubt, for the wicked accuse him of making himself a judge or elder. The main gate of a city was the usual place of hearing causes, an...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 19:12. Son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters.] “The mention of the son-in-law before the sons and daughters is somewhat surprising. _Lange_ has proposed to read thus: ‘H...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 19:12, GENESIS 19:13 AND THE MEN SAID UNTO LOT,—after the incident recorded in the preceding verses. Lot by this time had doubtless recognized their celestial character; accordingl...
Chapter nineteen of the book of Genesis deals with the destruction of the city of Sodom. The Lord came to Abraham and informed him of the fact that because of the wickedness of Sodom, it was necessary...
cry. Genesis 13:13 Genesis 18:20 James 5:4 Lord hath. 1 Chronicles 21:15...
ABRAHAM AND LOT CONTRASTED Genesis 19:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter into Genesis nineteen we are struck with many contrasts between it and Genesis eighteen. The eighteenth speaks of Abraham and t...
We will destroy this place — The holy angels are ministers of God's wrath for the destruction of sinners, as well as of his mercy for the preservation and deliverance of his people....