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Genesis 19

Gen. 19:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thereh came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
angels
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
to Sodom
Cdom (Hebrew #5467)
burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sed-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to scorch
at even
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
; and Lot
Lowt (Hebrew #3876)
Lot, Abraham's nephew
KJV usage: Lot.
Pronounce: lote
Origin: the same as 3875
sat
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of Sodom
Cdom (Hebrew #5467)
burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sed-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to scorch
: and Lot
Lowt (Hebrew #3876)
Lot, Abraham's nephew
KJV usage: Lot.
Pronounce: lote
Origin: the same as 3875
seeing
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
them rose up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
to meet
qir'ah (Hebrew #7125)
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
KJV usage: X against (he come), help, meet, seek, X to, X in the way.
Pronounce: keer-aw'
Origin: from 7122
them; and he bowed
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
himself with his face
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
toward the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Gen. 18:22• 22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. (Gen. 18:22)

More on:

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Angels,
Gate,
Lot,
Sodom; Sodoma,
To Bow Down

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Lot entertains two angels.
4-11:  The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness.
12-14:  Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law.
15-23:  He is directed to flee with his family to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.
24-25:  Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.
26-28:  Lot's wife becomes a pillar of salt.
29-30:  Lot dwells in a cave.
31-38:  The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.And there came two angels.
Or, rather, "the two angels came," referring to those mentioned in the preceding chapter, and there called "men."
It seems, (from ch. 18, ver. 22,) that these two angels were sent to Sodom, while the third, who was the Lord or Jehovah, remained with Abraham.
Gen. 18:1‑3,22• 1And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
 2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
 3And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
 22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. (Gen. 18:1‑3,22)
rose.
Gen. 18:1‑5• 1And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
 2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
 3And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
 4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
 5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. (Gen. 18:1‑5)
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Job 31:32• 32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. (Job 31:32)
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Heb. 13:2• 2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Heb. 13:2)
bowed.
Gen. 18:2• 2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, (Gen. 18:2)
• He, at first, “pitched his tent toward Sodom.” Then, no doubt, he found his way into it; and now we find him sitting in the gate—a prominent, influential post. How different is all this from the scene with which the preceding chapter opens! (“Genesis 19” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• The Lord remained to commune with Abraham, and merely sent His angels to Sodom. (“Genesis 19” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• {Lot} is delivered by providential power; but he passes through the tribulation, and suffers the loss of all that for which he had refused the heavenly condition (“Genesis 19” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,