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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Genesis 19 The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Genesis 19:1; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Genesis 19:4; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Genesis 19:12; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to...
John Gill
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, Genesis 19:23. 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...
Matthew Henry
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...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. I...