Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.

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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

He feared to dwell in Zoar. —Though this little place had been granted to him as an asylum, yet, terrified at the sight o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And Lot went up out of Zoar. This account proves what I have previously alluded to, that those things which people contrive for themselves…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Lot went up out of Zoar
Which lay in the plain, and therefore when he went from there to the mountain, it was by…

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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