Genesis 19:1

And there came.ij. angells to Sodome at euen. And Lot satt at the gate of the cyte. And Lot sawe the and rose vp agaynst them and he bowed hym selfe to he grounde with his face.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 he sayde: Se lordes turne in I praye you in to youre servauntes house and tary all nyghte and wash youre fete and ryse vp early and go on youre wayes. And they sayde: nay but we will byde in the streates all nyghte.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:12Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan. And lot in the cytes of the playne and tented tyll he came to Sodome.

Genesis 18:22And the me departed thece and went to Sodomeward. But Abraham stode yet before ye LORde

Genesis 48:12And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe and they fell on the grounde before him.

Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers. For therby have dyvers receaved angels into their houses vnwares.

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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