married his daughters Better, as R.V. marg., were to marry, as Lat. qui accepturi erant. This seems more probable than the rendering of the R.V., and LXX τοὺς εἰληφότας. The verb used here means literally "the takers of." For Lot's daughters were in the house with him: Lot went out to find his "sons in law": the word "sons in law" may mean "the betrothed." If the daughters had been married, they would not have been living with Lot.

as one that mocked The same word in the Hebrew as that rendered "laughed" in Genesis 18:12, and "sporting" in Genesis 26:8. The Lat. has quasi ludens= "as one who was playing."

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