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Text -- Genesis 19:1-20 (NET)
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The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
19:1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway . When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground .
19:2 He said , “Here , my lords , please turn aside to your servant’s house . Stay the night and wash your feet . Then you can be on your way early in the morning .” “No ,” they replied , “we’ll spend the night in the town square .”
19:3 But he urged them persistently , so they turned aside with him and entered his house . He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast , and they ate .
19:4 Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men – both young and old , from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house .
19:5 They shouted to Lot , “Where are the men who came to you tonight ? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
19:6 Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.
19:7 He said , “No, my brothers ! Don’t act so wickedly !
19:8 Look , I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with a man . Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please . Only don’t do anything to these men , for they have come under the protection of my roof .”
19:9 “Out of our way !” they cried , and “This man came to live here as a foreigner , and now he dares to judge us! We’ll do more harm to you than to them!” They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door .
19:10 So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door .
19:11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house , from the youngest to the oldest , with blindness . The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door .
19:12 Then the two visitors said to Lot , “Who else do you have here ? Do you have any sons-in-law , sons , daughters , or other relatives in the city ? Get them out of this place
19:13 because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it.”
19:14 Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters . He said , “Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city !” But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.
19:15 At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying , “Get going ! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here , or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged !”
19:16 When Lot hesitated , the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city .
19:17 When they had brought them outside , they said , “Run for your lives ! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley ! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed !”
19:18 But Lot said to them, “No , please , Lord !
19:19 Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life . But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die .
19:20 Look , this town over here is close enough to escape to, and it’s just a little one. Let me go there . It’s just a little place , isn’t it ? Then I’ll survive .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sodom |
Lot |
Angel |
ABRAHAM |
LOT (1) |
Miracles |
HOSPITALITY; HOST |
GOD, 2 |
STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT) |
GENESIS, 4 |
MOAB; MOABITES |
City |
CITIES |
God |
Hospitality |
Sodomites |
Zoar |
Homosexuality |
Children |
Adultery |
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NET Notes -> Gen 19:1; Gen 19:1; Gen 19:1; Gen 19:2; Gen 19:2; Gen 19:2; Gen 19:3; Gen 19:4; Gen 19:4; Gen 19:5; Gen 19:5; Gen 19:5; Gen 19:7; Gen 19:8; Gen 19:8; Gen 19:8; Gen 19:8; Gen 19:9; Gen 19:9; Gen 19:9; Gen 19:9; Gen 19:9; Gen 19:9; Gen 19:10; Gen 19:10; Gen 19:10; Gen 19:11; Gen 19:11; Gen 19:12; Gen 19:12; Gen 19:12; Gen 19:12; Gen 19:12; Gen 19:13; Gen 19:13; Gen 19:13; Gen 19:14; Gen 19:14; Gen 19:14; Gen 19:15; Gen 19:15; Gen 19:15; Gen 19:16; Gen 19:16; Gen 19:16; Gen 19:17; Gen 19:17; Gen 19:17; Gen 19:17; Gen 19:18; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:20; Gen 19:20; Gen 19:20; Gen 19:20; Gen 19:20
NET Notes: Gen 19:1 The expression sitting in the city’s gateway may mean that Lot was exercising some type of judicial function (see the use of the idiom in 2 Sam ...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:3 The Hebrew verb פָּצַר (patsar, “to press, to insist”) ironically foreshadows the hostile actions of t...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:4 Heb “and the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the young to the old, all the people from the end [of the city].̶...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:5 The sin of the men of Sodom is debated. The fact that the sin involved a sexual act (see note on the phrase “have sex” in 19:5) precludes ...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:8 This chapter portrays Lot as a hypocrite. He is well aware of the way the men live in his city and is apparently comfortable in the midst of it. But w...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:11 Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Sodom outside the door) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Gen 19:13 Heb “the Lord.” The repetition of the divine name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “he” for stylistic reaso...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:14 Heb “and he was like one taunting in the eyes of his sons-in-law.” These men mistakenly thought Lot was ridiculing them and their lifestyl...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:16 Heb “brought him out and placed him.” The third masculine singular suffixes refer specifically to Lot, though his wife and daughters accom...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:17 Or “in the plain”; Heb “in the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.
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NET Notes: Gen 19:18 Or “my lords.” See the following note on the problem of identifying the addressee here. The Hebrew term is אֲדֹ...
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NET Notes: Gen 19:19 The perfect verb form with vav consecutive carries the nuance of the imperfect verbal form before it.
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