Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Genesis 19:9
Verse Genesis 19:9. And he will needs be a judge] So his sitting in the gate is perhaps a farther proof of his being there in a magisterial capacity, as some have supposed.
Verse Genesis 19:9. And he will needs be a judge] So his sitting in the gate is perhaps a farther proof of his being there in a magisterial capacity, as some have supposed.
- 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
The men reach Sodom at even, and Lot, sitting as was customary in the spacious city gate, invites them, with the same courtesy and hospitality as his uncle, to stay the night in his house. They at fir...
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...
JUDGE. See Genesis 19:1. He sat in Sodom's gate, the seat of the judges. See note on Genesis 13:7. WORSE. Hebrew. _ra'._ App-44. BREAK. break open, shiver....
_Stand back_ LXX ἀπόστα ἐκεί, Lat. _recede illuc_; cf. "give place," Isaiah 49:20. _This one fellow_ Lot is reminded of his solitariness and of his foreign extraction. _came in to sojourn_ The peopl...
AND HE WILL NEEDS BE A JUDGE— He will needs pretend to give us laws, to be a censor or corrector of our manners. This seems to imply, as if Lot had heretofore given good advice to the Sodomites, which...
2. _The Violence of the Sodomites_ (Genesis 19:4-11) 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every qu...
_AND THEY SAID, STAND BACK. AND THEY SAID AGAIN, THIS ONE FELLOW CAME IN TO SOJOURN, AND HE WILL NEEDS BE A JUDGE: NOW WILL WE DEAL WORSE WITH THEE, THAN WITH THEM. AND THEY PRESSED SORE UPON THE MAN,...
19:9 be (c-18) The force is, 'again and again.' see ch. 31.15....
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...
HE WILL NEEDS BE A JUDGE] Evidently Lot had reproved them before this....
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...
THIS ONE FELLOW CAME IN TO SOJOURN. — Heb. _the one came to sojourn,_ as if an extraordinary concession had been made in Lot’s favour in allowing him to dwell within their walls. In ancient times the...
וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ ׀ גֶּשׁ ־הָ֗לְאָה וַ יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙...
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...
ANGELS WITH LOT IN SODOM Genesis 19:1 This chapter withdraws the veil from the ministry of angels. The Lord of Angels stayed with Abraham on the heights. He also, in future ages, was to descend into...
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...
GOD'S JUDGMENT Lot stood outside his house and pled with the men of Sodom. He would not turn over his guests to them. He even offered them his virgin daughters rather than have them sin against his v...
_Thither; from whence thou camest, or into the house. Dost thou pretend to tell us what is wrong? We will treat thee more shamefully. (Menochius) While they are beginning to offer violence._...
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. Observe how God protects his people in the moment of danger....
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...
9._And they said, Stand back_. That Lot, with all his entreaties, than which nothing could be adduced more likely to soothe their rage, was thus harshly repelled, shows the indomitable haughtiness of...
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,...
AND THEY SAID, STAND BACK,.... Turn on one side, get away from the door, that we may come to it: AND THEY SAID [AGAIN]: to one another: THIS ONE [FELLOW] CAME IN TO SOJOURN, AND HE WILL NEEDS BE A J...
And they said, Stand back. And they said [again], This one [fellow] came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the m...
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...
And they said, Stand back, that is, stand aside, make room for us to enter. AND THEY SAID AGAIN, THIS ONE FELLOW CAME IN TO SOJOURN, AND HE WILL NEEDS BE A JUDGE. NOW WILL WE DEAL WORSE WITH THEE THAN...
The Esvil Intention of the Sodomites...
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...
STAND BACK, or, _go further off, _ i.e. out of our way; stand not between us and the door; or, _come hither, _ that so they might seize him, and proceed in the designed wickedness. THIS ONE FELLOW CAM...
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 19:9 said H559 (H8799) Stand H5066 (H8798) back H1973 said H559 (H8799) one H259 in...
‘And they said, “Stand back”. And they said, “This one fellow came in to sojourn and he must now be a judge over us. Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” ' Some simply tell him to get out...
AND THEY SAID The world's contempt for a worldly believer....
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...
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...
_But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door_ THE EVE OF JUDGMENT TO SINNERS I. THEIR WICKEDNESS IS UNABATED. 1. It extends to all classes of the c...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 19:6 Lot’s readiness to protect the two men from the mob is admirable. In desperation he offers his two unmarried DAUGHTERS as substitutes—a shocking, cowardly, and inexcusable...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 19:9 While Lot addresses them as “brothers” (v. Genesis 19:7), the crowd resents him as a foreigner who HAS BECOME THE JUDGE....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 19:5. That we may know them.] A well-known euphemism for a foul crime which derives its name from this infamous place. “From Leviticus 22-25 we learn that the practice of the...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 19:1 AND THERE CAME TWO ANGELS—literally, _the two angels_, _i.e._ the two men of the preceding chapter who accompanied Jehovah to Mature; οἱ δύο ἄγγελλοι (LXX.)—TO SODOM AT EV...
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...
Stand. 1 Samuel 17:44 1 Samuel 25:17 Proverbs 9:7 Proverbs 9:8 Isaiah 65
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...