Genesis 19:12-16

12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.

Genesis 19:12-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Genesis 6:18; Genesis 7:1
  • 2. Exodus 12:29; 2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Kings 19:35; 1 Chronicles 21:12; 2 Chronicles 32:21
  • 3. Genesis 18:20
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 21:15; Psalms 78:49; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 25:18; Jeremiah 44:22; Jeremiah 51:45
  • 5. Numbers 16:21; Revelation 18:4
  • 6. Exodus 9:21; 1 Kings 13:18; Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 43:2; Luke 17:28
  • 7. Numbers 16:26; Job 21:18; Psalms 58:9; Psalms 73:19; Psalms 90:5
  • 8. Revelation 18:4
  • 9. 2 Peter 2:7
  • 10. Exodus 34:6; Psalms 33:18-19

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