George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 19:31
No man. If this had been true, Lot might have had children by them, without any fault. But they ought to have consulted him. (Haydock)
No man. If this had been true, Lot might have had children by them, without any fault. But they ought to have consulted him. (Haydock)
Verse Genesis 19:31. _OUR FATHER IS OLD_]. And consequently not likely to re-marry; _and_ there is _not a man in the earth _- none left, according to their opinion in all _the land_ of Canaan, of _th...
- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים _san__e__vērı̂ym_, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular visi...
CHAPTER 19 THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH _ 1. The angels visit (Genesis 19:1)_ 2. Lot and the Sodomites (Genesis 19:6) 3. The destruction of Sodom announced (Genesis 19:12) 4. Lot and his
Lot's daughters, fearing that, with the exception of their father and themselves, mankind has perished, feel that upon them rests the responsibility of perpetuating the race. Their father alone is ava...
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
THE FIRST-BORN SAID, &C.— There can be no doubt, I suppose, that the principal reason why the sacred writer recorded this event, was to point out to the Israelites the incestuous and hateful origin of...
8. _Lot's Last End_ (Genesis 19:30-38) 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two...
_AND THE FIRSTBORN SAID UNTO THE YOUNGER, OUR FATHER IS OLD, AND THERE IS NOT A MAN IN THE EARTH TO COME IN UNTO US AFTER THE MANNER OF ALL THE EARTH:_ The first-born said unto the younger. The first...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN 1. The visit of the two angels (who are 'the men' of Genesis 18) may be regarded as the final test of Sodom. If they were hospitably received and honourably...
It was very important to people in those times that they should have *descendants. Lot’s daughters could not find husbands. The men who had intended to marry them were dead. (See verse 14.) So the dau...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 19 TWO *ANGELS GO TO SODOM V1 The two *angels reached Sodom in the evening. Lot sat at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he stood up. He went...
THE FIRSTBORN SAID UNTO THE YOUNGER. — Several modern commentators see in this recital a mark of Jewish hatred towards the Moabites and Ammonites, and an attempt to brand their origin with shame. Real...
וַ תֹּ֧אמֶר הַ בְּכִירָ֛ה אֶל ־הַ צְּעִירָ֖ה
DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN Genesis 19:1 WHILE Abraham was pleading with the Lord the angels were pursuing their way to Sodom. And in doing so they apparently observed the laws of those hu...
Here the story of the visit of Jehovah and the angels is continued. Here we see the two angels coming to Lot. By this time Lot had attained to a position of eminence in Sodom. The phrase, "sitting in...
LOT AND HIS FAMILY Any doubt one has about God keeping wicked under his protective care is removed by this story. The angels delivered Lot, his wife and their two daughters safely from the city before...
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the (p) earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: (p) Meaning in the country which the Lord...
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. I detain the Reader but to turn to two scriptures, after the perusal of this melancholy subject. The first is, 1 Corinthians 10:12. The...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
31._And the firstborn said _(427) Here Moses narrates a miracle, which rightly brings the readers to astonishment. For, how could that unchaste intercourse come into the mind of the daughters of Lot,...
Lot, in the following chapter, because of his connection with the heavenly man, depositary of God's counsels and wisdom, and intercessor, himself down in the plain of this world, which he had chosen,...
AND THE FIRSTBORN SAID UNTO THE YOUNGER,.... That is, the firstborn of those two, or the elder of them; for, if Lot had other daughters that were married in Sodom, it is probable they were elder than...
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Ver. 31. _And the firstborn, &c._] It is dang...
1 Lot entertaineth two Angels. 4 The vicious Sodomites are striken with blindnesse. 12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountaines. 18 Hee obtaineth leaue to goe into Zoar. 24 Sodome and Gomorrah a...
The sin of Lot and His Daughters...
And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth;...
See Genesis 18:1 ff for the passage quote with footnotes. 3. _The entrance and sojourn of the two angels in Sodom, and the completed manifestation of its corruption in opposition to the better conduct...
SODOM'S WICKEDNESS EXPOSED Not in the heat of the day, but in the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was sitting in the gate, the place of a judge. He was a believer making an effort to con...
30-38 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 mountain, alone, and, as he thought, out of th...
IN THE EARTH; either, 1. In the whole earth; for they thought the same deluge of fire which destroyed the four cities had by this time extended itself to Zoar, and all other places, knowing that the w...
There are two methods which the Lord graciously adopts, in order to draw the heart away from this present world. The first is, by setting before it the attractiveness and stability of "things above....
Genesis 19:31 firstborn H1067 said H559 (H8799) younger H6810 father H1 old H2204 (H8804) man H376 earth...
LOT'S SUBSEQUENT CAREER (GENESIS 19:30). By choosing the well-watered Circle of Jordan with little regard for the consequences and the fact that it was outside the land chosen by Yahweh for His people...
Genesis 19 Notice: I. Sodom's sinfulness. Her sins were committed amidst an unbounded flush of prosperity; they were committed amidst scenes of much natural loveliness, Nature being outraged before...
CONTENTS: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's backsliding and escape. CHARACTERS: Angels, Lot and family, Abraham, Moab, Benammi. CONCLUSION: No Christian can find his pleasure and profit in th...
Genesis 19:1. _Lot sat in the gate of Sodom,_ as a magistrate, no doubt, for the wicked accuse him of making himself a judge or elder. The main gate of a city was the usual place of hearing causes, an...
_And they made their father drink wine_ THE LESSONS OF LOT’S DISHONOUR I. THAT SAINTS WHO HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECTS OF EXTRAORDINARY MERCY MAY YET FALL INTO SIN. II. THAT IT IS DIFFICULT, EVEN FOR THE...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 19:31 Lot’s daughters had intercourse with him on consecutive nights, but he was unaware of it. This unseemly episode marked the origin of the MOABITES and AMMONITES....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 19:37. Called his name Moab.] “_From the father_,” or “_seed of the father._” GENESIS 19:38. BEN-AMMI. “_Son of my people_.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— G
EXPOSITION GENESIS 19:29 AND IT CAME TO PASS—not a pluperfect (Rosenmüller), as if a direct continuation of the preceding narrative, but a preterit, being the commencement of a new subdivision of the...
Chapter nineteen of the book of Genesis deals with the destruction of the city of Sodom. The Lord came to Abraham and informed him of the fact that because of the wickedness of Sodom, it was necessary...
not. Genesis 19:28 Mark 9:6 to come. Genesis 4:1 Genesis 6:4 Genesis 16:2...
Does the Bible condone incest? PROBLEM: Incest is denounced in emphatic terms in many biblical passages (cf. Leviticus 18:6; Leviticus 20:17). In fact, the Lord declared, “Cursed is the one who lies w...