Genesis 19:5

Genesis 19:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
• New International Version (NIV)They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.”

Context of Genesis 19:5

3But he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and they came into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked matzot , and they ate. 4They had not yet lain down when the men of the city (the men of Sodom) surrounded the house—from youth to elderly, all the people without exception. And they called out to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have relations with them!” 6But Lot went out to them at the doorway and shut the door behind him, 7and said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act wickedly.

Genesis 19:5 word by word

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ אֶל־לוֹט֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ אַיֵּ֧ה הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַלָּ֑יְלָה הוֹצִיאֵ֣ם אֵלֵ֔ינוּ וְנֵדְעָ֖ה אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• unto Lotלוֹטlôţ · LotH3876
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• which came inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to thee this nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• bring them outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• unto us, that we may knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Genesis 19:5

• Leviticus 18:22“You are not to lie with a man, as with a woman—that is an abomination.
• Leviticus 20:13If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination, and they should surely be put to death. Their blood should be on them.
• Judges 19:22While they were making their hearts merry, behold, some worthless men of the town surrounded the house. Pounding the door, they shouted to the owner of the house, “Bring out the man that came into your house,” they said to the old man, “so we may have relations with him.”
• Isaiah 1:9Unless Adonai-Tzva’ot had left us a small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, we would have been as Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 3:9The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
• Jeremiah 3:3Therefore showers have been withheld and there has been no spring rain. You have a harlot’s brazen look; you refuse to be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 6:15""Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at al ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among thos who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,"" says Adonai.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, gluttony, and careless ease—so had she and her daughters—and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
• Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will go down to Sheol! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
• Romans 1:23They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image in the form of mortal man and birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, those who practice homosexuality,
• 1 Timothy 1:10the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave-traders, liars, perjurers, and for anything else that opposes sound teaching—
• 2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Jude 1:7In the same way as these angels, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them—having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after a different sort of flesh—are displayed as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Commentaries on Genesis 19:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Where are the men which came in to thee, etc. - This account justifies the character given of this depraved people in the preceding chapter, Genesis 18:20, and in Genesis 23:13. As their crime was the deepest disgrace to human nature, so it is too bad to be described; in the sacred text it is sufficiently marked; and the iniquity which, from these most abominable wretches, has been called Sodomy, is punished in our country with death.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-38Verses 1-38 - The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־ gesh -hāl'âh “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37. מואב mô'āb Moab; מאב mē'āb “from a father.” בן־עמי ben -‛amı̂y Ben-ammi, “son of my people.” עמון ‛amôn Ammon, “of the people.” This chapter is the continuation and conclusion of the former. It records a part of God‘s strange work - strange…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The evil actions of the men of the city were matched by the hypocrisy of Lot (19:6–9). The men acted in a wicked and violent way toward Lot’s visitors. Lot tried to protect his guests. However, he offered his daughters to the crowd instead. This action showed serious moral failure.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. there came two angels--most probably two of those that had been with Abraham, commissioned to execute the divine judgment against Sodom. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom--In Eastern cities it is the market, the seat of justice, of social intercourse and amusement, especially a favorite lounge in the evenings, the arched roof affording a pleasant shade.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 19:5

• Adultery
• Angel (a Spirit)
• Hospitality
• Lasciviousness
• Sodom
• Sodomites
• Sodomy

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Commentaries on Genesis 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings