' 21 And he faid, Behold now, T have taken upon me to ſpeak unto the LORD : Peradvencure there ſhall be twenty found there, And he ſaid, I will not deſtroy it for twenties ſake,
22 Andhe ſaid, * O, let not the LORD be angry,
' and I will ſpeak yer but this once « 3 Peradventure ten
ſhall be found there, * And he ſaid, I will not deſtroy
;r for tens ſake.
* Abraham in modeſty could proceed no further, and being a good Man himſelf, he had a charitable Opinion of others, and thought there certainly were ſo many good Men in all thoſe Cities, efpecially,including Lot and his Family. No doubt Abraham re- membred Lt in his Prayers; but that large and generous Soul could
not content himſelf with Let's preſervation, bur aims at the ſaving
of the whole Ciries, which when he ſaw was doubrful aud unlikely, he prayed for his deliverance out of that common Deſtruttion, as may be gathered from Gen: 19: 29.
33 And the LORD went his way, afſſoon as he had lefr communing-with Abraham : and Abraham recurned
unto his place. | . CHAP. XIX.
Two angels come to Sodom, 1. Lot invites them in ; they at firſt r:fuſe, 2. They enter ; he entertains them and they eat, 3. The men of Sodom ae- mands to know them, 4, 5. Lot aiſſwades them, 6, 7. Offers his aaugh- ters ; urges reaſon, 8. They are obſtinat ; threaten, and preſs to break the door, 9g. The angels pull Lot in, and ſhout to the door, 10. Aud ſmite the men with blindneſs, 11. ' Adviſe Lot to depart with his kin- dared, 12. The reaſon, 13: Lot ſpeaks to his ſons. in law ; they deride him, 14. The angels lay hold on Lot, his wife, and two daughters, and carry them out, 16. Command them not to look back, 179. Lot requeſts ro fay in Zoar ; it is granted ; with a command to haſten, becauſe till they are gone the Lord can do nothing, 18-=-23. God rains brimſtone Bna fire upon Sodom, 24, 25* Lots wife looking back, becomes a pillar of ſalt, 26. Abraham looks towards Sodom, 27, 28. God kind to Lot for Abrahams lake, 29. Lot and his two daughters remove to the mountain, 30. Lyt's daughters contrive for an iſſue; 31, 32. They make their fa- ther drunk, lie with him, 33--—3$. and are with child, 36, Moab and Ben-ammi, the two ſons born thereby, 46, 37. |
= D ehere came a two angels 6 to Sodom at even
c ; and Lot fat in the gate of Sodom 4d: and Lor
_ ſeing them, roſe up ro meet them 3 and lie bowed him-
ſelf with his face coward the ground ;
a Even thoſe two which departed from Abraham, Chap: 18, 22. and now were come to Le, the third yer ſtaying and communing with Abraham. b So they truly were, though they be called Men, Chap: 18. c Of the ſame day on which they departed from 4bra- ham. d Where he fat either to obſerve the Adminiſtration or Cor- ruption of Juſtice there ; for the ſeats of Judicature were in the
* Gares : Or rather to wait for Strangers, to whom he might exerciſe
Kindneſs and Hoſpitality. 2 And he ſaid, Behold now my lords, * turn in, I
pray you, into your ſervants houſe, and tarry all night, and * walb your feet, and ye ſhall riſe up early, and
[ - 0M 29 on your ways F. And they ſaid, * Nay, but we
will abide in the ſtreet all night e.
+ And ſo this will beno hinderance to your Occaſions. e This w2s no untruth, but really intended by them in the preſent ſtare of things, and upon ſuppoſition that Zo: ſhould preſs them no further ; but they alſo intended, .f Lot was earneſt with them, to comply with them. The firſt denyal was but decent, and an a& of Civility,and in them it wasa deſign to diſcover Let's Piety and Ho- ſpitality, and to manifeſt rhe great difference between him and the barbarous Sedomites, and the reaſon and juſtice of Lor's Deliverance, and their Deſtru&ion.
2 And he preſſed upon them greatly 3 and they turn- ed in unto him, and entered into his houfe : and he made them a feaſt, and did bake unleavened bread f,
and they did eat. .
f Becauſe that was ſooner prepared, that ſo they might ear it, and after that go to Bed in due time- :
4 © Bur before they lay down f, the men of the ci- ty,even the men of Sodom,compailed the houſe round,
both old and young all the people from every quarter g..
+ To ſleep, of which this word is uſed, Ger: 28: 13: Lev: 14:17. ad 26:6. g Some to exerciie Villany, and ſome to pleaſe them- ſelves with the Contemplation of it, and ſome out of curioſity, &c. This is added to ſhew hoy univerſally corrupt they were, and that there were not ten righteous men there.
5 And they calied unto Lot,and ſaid unto him, Where ere the men which came in to thee this night ? bring them out unto us, that we may know them -þ.
þ Either know whio they are : Or rather abuſe them, as Lot's an- ſwer explains it, and ſo that word is uſed, Gen: 4: 1. Numb: 31: 17: Jadg: 19: 22. And for the Sin here committed, ſee Lv: 18: 22. and 20: 13: Rom: 1- 26, 27. 1 Cor: 6 9. Jude werſe 5. They openly and
Unpudeatly profeſs their wicked Intention, for which they are |
GENESIS.
branded, Iſa: 4: 9: and this intention of theirs is the more proba.
ble, becauſe of the great beauty which it is likely was in thoſe bo« _ - wa the Angels aſſumed, whereby their Luft Was MOTe in- amed. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and ſhut the door after him, 2 And ſaid, I pray you, brethren 3, do not ſo wick- edly.
z So they were by Community of Nature and Habitation. See Gen: 9: 5: and 297 4: and Lev: 19: 17- and fo he calls them, if poſſi- bly he might ſweeten and reſtrain them.
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 75 good in your * eyes /: only unto theſe men do nothing ; for therefore "wi,
7 came they under the ſhadow of my roof m.