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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, <i>even</i> the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from young to old, all the people from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But before they lay down [to sleep], the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house, all the men from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Before they had gone to bed, all the young and old male citizens of Sodom surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All the men of the city, both young and old, were there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Before they could lie down, all the men of Sodom and its outskirts, both young and old, surrounded the house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men--both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom--surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But before they could lie down to sleep, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Before they lie down, the men of the city—men of Sodom—have surrounded the house, from young even to aged, all the people from the extremity;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Before the men of the city shall lie down, the men of Sodom surrounded the house about, from youth, even to old age, all the people from the end.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house both young and old, all the people together. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But before they went to bed, the men of the city surrounded the house, from boys to old men, all the people together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Before they went to bed, the townsmen of Sodom, both young and old—all the people to the last man—surrounded the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, that is, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people of the town;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And yet they did not sleep, and the men of the city, the men of Sadom, surrounded the house, the young men to the old men, and all the people from its limits.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/19-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4043" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Lot Welcomes the Angels</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: ṭe·rem (Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">Before</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: yiš·kā·ḇū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">they had gone to bed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: wə·’an·šê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">of the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5467.htm" title="5467: sə·ḏōm (N-proper-fs) -- A Canaanite city near the Dead Sea. From an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea.">of Sodom,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: min·na·‘ar (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">both young</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: zā·qên (Adj-ms) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">old,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: miq·qā·ṣeh (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: nā·sab·bū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.">surrounded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/19-22.htm">Judges 19:22</a></span><br />While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Leviticus 18:22</a></span><br />You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-13.htm">Leviticus 20:13</a></span><br />If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a></span><br />For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6-8</a></span><br />if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; / and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a></span><br />The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17</a></span><br />No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9-10</a></span><br />We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Luke 17:28-30</a></span><br />It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a></span><br />They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a></span><br />And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:</p><p class="hdg">But.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm">Proverbs 4:16</a></b></br> For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause <i>some</i> to fall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18</a></b></br> An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Micah 7:3</a></b></br> That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge <i>asketh</i> for a reward; and the great <i>man</i>, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.</p><p class="hdg">all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-13.htm">Genesis 13:13</a></b></br> But the men of Sodom <i>were</i> wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20</a></b></br> And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Exodus 16:2</a></b></br> And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/2-22.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">City</a> <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/genesis/10-15.htm">Oldest</a> <a href="/mark/1-45.htm">Quarter</a> <a href="/genesis/18-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Surrounded</a> <a href="/genesis/18-8.htm">Young</a> <a href="/genesis/9-24.htm">Youngest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/19-32.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">City</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/19-33.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/genesis/22-21.htm">Oldest</a> <a href="/exodus/29-40.htm">Quarter</a> <a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Round</a> <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/exodus/28-11.htm">Surrounded</a> <a href="/genesis/19-11.htm">Young</a> <a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">Youngest</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Lot entertains two angels.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Lot dwells in a cave.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-31.htm">The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The visitors, who are angels in disguise, had come to Sodom to assess the city's wickedness (<a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a>). The timing underscores the urgency and severity of the situation, as Lot's hospitality is interrupted before the night has even begun.<p><b>all the men of the city of Sodom</b><br>The phrase highlights the collective nature of the sin in Sodom. The city's reputation for wickedness is well-documented in Scripture (<a href="/genesis/13-13.htm">Genesis 13:13</a>), and this event exemplifies the extent of its moral decay. The use of "all the men" suggests a pervasive corruption, indicating that the sin was not limited to a few individuals but was a societal norm. This collective sinfulness is later referenced in <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>, which describes Sodom's actions as an example of immorality and divine judgment.<p><b>both young and old</b><br>This detail emphasizes the widespread nature of the corruption, affecting every generation. It suggests that the moral depravity of Sodom was ingrained in its culture, passed down from one generation to the next. This generational sin contrasts with the biblical ideal of teaching righteousness to one's children (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>). The inclusion of both young and old underscores the totality of the city's wickedness and the absence of righteous influence.<p><b>surrounded the house</b><br>The act of surrounding Lot's house indicates an aggressive and hostile intent. This imagery of encirclement is often used in Scripture to depict danger or impending judgment (<a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12-13</a>). The men of Sodom's actions reflect a complete disregard for the sanctity of Lot's home and the protection it should have offered to his guests. This scene foreshadows the impending divine judgment on Sodom, as the city's sin has reached its full measure (<a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a>). The surrounding of the house also serves as a stark contrast to the protection and refuge found in God, as seen in <a href="/psalms/34-7.htm">Psalm 34:7</a>, where the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot.htm">Lot</a></b><br>A righteous man living in Sodom, nephew of Abraham, who offers hospitality to the visiting angels.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/angels.htm">Angels</a></b><br>Divine messengers sent by God to assess the wickedness of Sodom and to rescue Lot and his family.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/men_of_sodom.htm">Men of Sodom</a></b><br>The inhabitants of the city, described as wicked and sinful, who surround Lot's house with evil intentions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom.htm">Sodom</a></b><br>A city known for its grave sinfulness, ultimately destroyed by God due to its wickedness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_lot.htm">House of Lot</a></b><br>The setting of the event, where Lot hosts the angels and where the men of Sodom gather.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The account of Sodom serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of unchecked sin and rebellion against God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteousness.htm">The Importance of Righteousness</a></b><br>Lot's presence in Sodom highlights the call for believers to live righteously even in corrupt environments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hospitality_and_protection.htm">Hospitality and Protection</a></b><br>Lot's actions demonstrate the biblical value of hospitality and the protection of guests, reflecting God's care for His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_and_mercy.htm">Divine Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While God's judgment is evident in the destruction of Sodom, His mercy is shown in the rescue of Lot and his family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_influence.htm">Community Influence</a></b><br>The collective sin of Sodom illustrates the powerful influence a community can have, for better or worse, on individuals.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_lot_offer_his_daughters.htm">If Genesis 19:8 is taken at face value, why would Lot offer his daughters to the mob instead of protecting them? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_angelic_humans.htm">What does the Bible say about angelic humans?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_homosexuality.htm">What does the Bible, including Jesus, say about homosexuality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_destroy_sodom,_not_other_cities.htm">Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but allow other wicked cities to continue?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">From every quarter.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">from the end. </span>This may mean, either, "to the last man." or "from the very end of the town." In either case it shows that there were not in Sodom the ten righteous men who would have availed to save it (<a href="/genesis/18-32.htm" title="And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.">Genesis 18:32</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter</span>. <span class="accented">i.e.</span> of the town, as in <a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Jeremiah 51:31</a> (Lange); from the extremity, or extremities, of the town (Kalisch); from the extremities, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> all the population contained within the extremities (Rosenmüller); all the citizens to the last man (Keil). The text probably conveys the writer's idea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/19-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Before</span><br /><span class="heb">טֶרֶם֮</span> <span class="translit">(ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they had gone to bed,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁכָּבוּ֒</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·kā·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the men</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’an·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the city</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֜יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sodom,</span><br /><span class="heb">סְדֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(sə·ḏōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5467.htm">Strong's 5467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea</span><br /><br /><span class="word">both young</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנַּ֖עַר</span> <span class="translit">(min·na·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">old,</span><br /><span class="heb">זָקֵ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(zā·qên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">surrounded</span><br /><span class="heb">נָסַ֣בּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·sab·bū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5437.htm">Strong's 5437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, go around, surround</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֔יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">OT Law: Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down the men (Gen. 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