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And the first-born 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:

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”

סנורים (san'evērı̂ym

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The firstborn said to the younger.—Several modern commentators see in this recital a mark of Jewish hatred towards the Mo…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And the firstborn said. Here Moses narrates an event so shocking it rightly brings readers to astonishment. For how could such unchaste in…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the firstborn said unto the younger
That is, the firstborn of those two, or the elder of them; for, if Lot had o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

See the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the …

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