Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Genesis 19

Gen 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

came two angels

Cf. Gen 18:22.

angels

Scofield Hebrews 1:4, note.

sat in the gate

Lot was a great man (Deu 21:19, 20) in a place devoted to judgment. Cf. Acts 17:31.

Gen 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

unleavened bread

Leaven. Exo 12:8, 15-20, 34, 39. (Gen 19:3; Mat 13:33.)

Gen 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

Stand back

The world's contempt for a worldly believer.

Gen 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Lot

Lot had utterly lost his testimony. In gaining influence (Genesis 19:1) he had lost power, even in his own family.

Gen 19:15 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.

angels

Scofield Hebrews 1:4, note.

Gen 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire

Miracles (O.T.). vs. 24-26; Gen 20:17, 18. (Gen 5:24; Jon 2:1-10.)

Gen 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

wife looked back…became a pillar of salt

Luk 17:32.

Gen 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

See Scofield Gen 19:36, note below.

Gen 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

lie with him…preserve seed

Lot "pitched toward Sodom" (Genesis 13:12) for worldly advantage; then became a great man in Sodom (Genesis 19:1) at the cost of his daughter's accepting the morals of Sodom.

Gen 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

the daughters…with child by their father

Abraham and Lot are contrasted characters. Of the same stock (Genesis 11:31) subjected to the same environment, and both justified men (Genesis 15:6; 2 Peter 2:7, 8), the contrast in character and career is shown to be the result of their respective choices at the crisis of their lives. Lot "chose him all the plain of Jordan" for present advantage; Abraham "looked for a city which hath foundations" (Hebrews 11:10), and (Genesis 13:18) "came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre (fatness), which is in Hebron" (communion). The men remain types of the worldly and spiritual believer.