They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger arose, and lay with him. He didn`t know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

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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

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And the younger arose, and lay with him. This passage teaches us how dangerous it is to fall into the snares of Satan. For whoever is once…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they made their father drink wine that night also
Until he was drunk; which is an aggravation of his sin, that h…

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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