Genesis 19:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Commentaries

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

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Blindness. —This word occurs elsewhere only in 2 Kings 6:18, and in both cases it is clear that actual blindness is no…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And they smote the men that [were] at the door of the house
with blindness, both small and great

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…

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