Genesis 19:1

CHAPTER XIX

The two angels mentioned in the preceding chapter, come in

the evening to Sodom, 1.

Lot, who was sitting at the gate, invites them to enter his

house, take some refreshment, and tarry all night; which they

at first refuse, 2;

but on being pressingly solicited, they at last comply, 3.

The abominable conduct of the men of Sodom, 4, 5.

Lot's deep concern for the honour and safely of his guests, which leads

him to make a most exceptionable proposal to those wicked men, 6-8.

The violent proceedings of the Sodomites, 9.

Lot rescued from their barbarity by the angels, who smite them with

blindness, 10, 11.

The angels exhort Lot and his family to flee from that wicked place,

as God was about to destroy it, 12, 13.

Lot's fruitless exhortation to his sons-in-law, 14.

The angels hasten Lot and his family to depart, 15, 16.

Their exhortation, 17.

Lot's request, 18-20.

He is permitted to escape to Zoar, 21-23.

Fire and brimstone are rained down from heaven upon all the cities

of the plain, by which they are entirely destroyed, 24, 25.

Lot's wife, looking behind, becomes a pillar of salt, 26.

Abraham, early in the morning, discovers the desolation of those

iniquitous cities, 27-29.

Lot, fearing to continue in Zoar, went with his two daughters

to the mountain, and dwelt in a cave, 30.

The strange conduct of his daughters, and his unhappy

deception, 31-36.

Moab and Ammon born, from whom sprang the Moabites and

Ammonites, 37, 38.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX

Verse Genesis 19:1. Two angels] The two referred to Genesis 18:22.

Sat in the gate] Probably, in order to prevent unwary travellers from being entrapped by his wicked townsmen, he waited at the gate of the city to bring the strangers he might meet with to his own house, as well as to transact his own business. Or, as the gate was the place of judgment, he might have been sitting there as magistrate to hear and determine disputes.

Bowed himself] Not through religious reverence, for he did not know the quality of his guests; but through the customary form of civility. See on verses Genesis 18:3-1 of the preceding chapter.