Genesis 19:9
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they said, stand back,.... Turn on one side, get away from the door, that we may come to it:
and they said again:…
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
And he will needs be a judge - So his sitting in the gate is perhaps a farther proof of his being there in a magisterial…
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
Stand back LXX ἀπόστα ἐκεί, Lat. recede illuc; cf. "give place," Isa 49:20.
This one fellow Lot is reminded of his…
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