Bible Commentaries
Genesis 19

Verse 1

angel (See Scofield " :-")

Lot sat Cf. Daniel 2:49.

Lot the compromiser with Daniel the inflexible. Lot was a great man Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 21:20 in a place devoted to judgment. Cf. Acts 17:31.

Verse 9

And they said

The world's contempt for a worldly believer.

Verse 14

Lot

Lot had utterly lost his testimony. In gaining influence Genesis 19:1 he had lost power, even in his own family.

Verse 15

angel

(See Scofield " :-") .

Verse 29

when God

(See Scofield " :-") .

Verse 32

Come

Lot "pitched toward Sodom" Genesis 13:12 for worldly advantage; then became a great man in Sodom Genesis 19:1 at the cost of his daughter's accepting the morals of Sodom.

Verse 36

Thus were

Abraham and Lot are contrasted characters. Of the same stock Genesis 11:31 subjected to the same environment, and both justified men ; Genesis 15:6; 2 Peter 2:7; 2 Peter 2:8 the contrast in character and career is shown to be the result of their respective choices at the crisis of their lives. Lot "chose him all the plain of Jordan" for present advantage; Abraham "looked for a city which hath foundations" ; Hebrews 11:10; Genesis 13:18 "came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre (fatness), which is in Hebron" (communion). The men remain types of the worldly and spiritual believer.