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Genesis 19

Genesis 19:11

Lot Welcomes the Angels · Genesis 19:1–11
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Translations

Modern
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And they struck with blindness the men who were at the doorway of the house, from small and to great, and they grew weary trying to find the door.
Latin
…et eos, qui foris erant, percusserunt cæcitate a minimo usque ad maximum, ita ut ostium invenire non possent.

Original

Hebrew
English
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

Notes

Genesis 19:1–14

The two angels who were with the Lord at Mamre (compare 18:2, 22) went on to Sodom. They knew the people there were very wicked. Even though Lot welcomed them, they first chose to stay in the public square instead of going into his house.

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Events

Parallels

Judges 19:1–30

Glossary

Abraham Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Jude, Letter of Lot Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Appearances of To Lot, in Sodom Angel (A Spirit): Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked Blindness: Miraculously Inflicted Upon the Sodomites Hospitality: Lot to the Angel Sodom: Destroyed on Account of the Wickedness of the People Sodom: Wickedness of the Inhabitants of Sodomites: Wickedness of