Genesis 19:8
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Behold now, I have two daughters, which have not known man,.... Though some think they were espoused to men, but had not…
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
Behold now, I have two daughters - Nothing but that sacred light in which the rights of hospitality were regarded among…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 19:4-11
Now it appeared, beyond contradiction, that the cry of Sodom was no louder than there was cause for. This night's work…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
forasmuch as R.V. marg. for therefore: cf. Gen 18:5. Lot's proposal, so atrocious in our ears, may have been deemed…
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