See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don`t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

Commentaries

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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

I have two daughters. —It is clear from Judges 19:24 that this proposal was not viewed in ancient times with the horror w…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I have two daughters. Just as Lot's steadfastness in risking his own life to defend his guests deserves great praise, so Moses now relates…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Behold now, I have two daughters, which have not known man ,
&c.] Though some think they were espoused to men, but h…

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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