From every quarter. — Hebrew, from the end. This may mean either “to the last man” or “from the very end of the town.” In…

Before they lay down. Here, in a single crime, Moses sets before our eyes a vivid picture of Sodom. For it is therefore obvious how devili…

But before they lay down Upon their beds to sleep; it was between supper time and bedtime that the following affair happe…

Lot was good, but there was no one else of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Therefore, care was t…