Genesis 19:20
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto,.... Pointing to Bela, afterwards called Zoar, from what follows: it is said…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 19:1-38
- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
It is a little one - Probably Lot wished to have it for an inheritance, and therefore pleaded its being a little one,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 19:15-23
Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Thought there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
is it not a little one i.e. "is it not a trifle (miz-ar)?" It is a "small" concession to grant; or a "small" distance to…
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