Genesis 19:1

And the two angels came to Sodom ii in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

In Context

2And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:12Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.

Genesis 18:22And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.

Genesis 48:12And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

Job 29:7When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

Hebrews 13:2And hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:1

The contents of this chapter we have, 2 Pet. ii. 6-8 , where we find that "God, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, and delivered just Lot." It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. We read ( ch. xviii ) of God's coming to take a view of the present state of Sodom, what its wickedness was, and what righteous persons there were in it: now here we have the result of that enquiry. I. It was found, upon trial, that Lot was very good ( ver.… Read the whole commentary →

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