They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them."

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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

Where are the men? Although it was their intention shamefully to abuse the strangers for their outrageous appetite, yet, in words, they pr…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they called unto Lot
With a loud voice, that he might hear, they being in the street, and he within doors; and perhaps the…

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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