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Genesis 19:15

Genesis 19:15

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And when the morning arose,.... When it was break of day, for as yet the sun was not risen, nor did it rise until Lot got to Zoar, . He was now returned from his sons-in-law, and by this time it began to be light:then the angels hastened Lot; urged him to get out of his house as fast as he could:saying, arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; from whence Aben Ezra, and others, have concluded, as has been observed, that he had other daughters elsewhere, which they suppose were married to men of Sodom; but the phrase, "which are here", or "are found", or "are present" , relates to his wife, as well as his daughters, and only signifies, that he should take all his relations that were present; and these may be only opposed to and distinguished from his sons-in-law that were absent, and refused to hearken to his advice and exhortations.

Onkelos paraphrases the words, "who are found faithful with thee"; who believed what the angels said concerning the destruction of Sodom, as well as he, as did his wife and two daughters:lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city; in the punishment inflicted on the city for their iniquity.

See Re 18:4.

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