Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

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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

Which married his daughters. —Hebrew, the takers of his daughters —a present participle, for which reason Ewald, Tuch, an…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

"The old man is senile," they said; "he always was peculiar, he never acted like the rest of the citizens; he came in here as a stranger, and he ha…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And Lot went out. The faith of the holy man, Lot, appeared in the following ways:

  1. He was completely awed and humbled at the t…
John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Lot went out
From his house, after the men of Sodom were gone from it, and before the morning, very probably abo…

Matthew Henry

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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