--- title: "Genesis 19 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Genesis 19 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his fa" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/genesis/19" --- [ Read](/kjv/genesis/19)[ Commentary](/study/genesis/19)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/genesis/19) Audio 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing *them* rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city, *even* the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where *are* the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as *is* good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said *again*, This one *fellow* came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, *even* Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that *were* at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring *them* out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.** 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 ¶ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20 Behold now, this city *is* near to flee unto, and it *is* a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (*is* it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.* 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.* 23 ¶ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.* 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 ¶ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 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 daughters. 31 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: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, *and* lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same *is* the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same *is* the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. [Genesis 18](/study/genesis/18) [Genesis 20](/study/genesis/20) ## Commentary To verse 1 ***[Genesis 19:1](/kjv/genesis/19/1)*****.*****And there came,*****&c.—** This perhaps might be rendered more properly, *And*the *two angels*[who had been with Abraham at noon] *came to Sodom at even. And Lot sat at the gate of the city,*according to the custom of those times, when the elders used to sit at the gates of cities to transact either public or private business. See ch. [Genesis 34:20](/kjv/genesis/34/20). [Deuteronomy 21:19](/kjv/deuteronomy/21/19). [Ruth 4:1](/kjv/ruth/4/1). It is, however, probable, that Lot took his station at the gate for the purposes of hospitality, knowing the general corruption of the people, and the ill-treatment strangers might expect among them. And accordingly we find he invited *these strangers*to his house with the same respectful civility as Abraham had shewed to them before. And this seems the more probable, as the rites of hospitality were so sacred, and the virtue deemed so important in the first ages; when, there being no public inns (as is the case in the eastern countries in general at this day), unless a stranger came among hospitable people, he must have lodged in the street all night. See [Judges 19:15](/kjv/judges/19/15). Among the Greeks and Romans also nothing was more sacred than the rites of hospitality, by means of which many friendships were contracted. AElian records a law of the ancient Lucanians, that if a stranger came to them after sun-set, and wanted to take shelter under any one's roof, and was not received, the master of the house was to be fined, and branded with the infamous name of *an inhospitable.*The angels, Jdg 19:2 refuse Lot's invitation, in order to give him an opportunity to display his hospitality, asserting that "they would not be troublesome to him, but would *abide in* *the street,*continue in the open air *all night,"*which in those hot countries was not unusual, especially in summer. **REFLECTIONS.—**We have, here, the angels' arrival at Sodom, and Lot's kind reception of them. 1. The two angels came to Sodom at even. The Lord sends his executioners of vengeance; and who shall stand before these ministers of flame? 2. Lot meets and presses them into his house. Singular in his piety, he is selected from the general ruin. He is earnest to solicit their company, and happy to entertain them liberally. He had seen no such visitants at Sodom for a long time. *Note;*Good men deserve a hearty welcome. We cannot be too pressing on such to favour us with their company. 3. The angels at first seem courteously to excuse themselves, but at last yield to his solicitations. *Note;*(1.) Every invitation which is given us must not be hastily complied with, lest we should seem to run, where we should wait to be drawn. (2.) 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