And Lot said unto them,.... Supposing three present, not observing that the two angels had left him that had brought him thither; though it is but to one of them he addresses himself, even to him who had bid him make the best of his way to the mountain, as appears by what follows:oh, not so, my Lord; that is, let me not be obliged to go so far as to the mountain; though R.
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Genesis 19:18
Genesis 19:18
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