Study it in the app“The two messengers came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.”
The twoשְׁנֵיmessengersהַמַּלְאָכִיםcameוַיָּבֹאוּto Sodomסְדֹמָהin the evening,בָּעֶרֶבand Lotוְלוֹטwas sittingיֹשֵׁבin the gateבְּשַׁעַרof Sodom.סְדֹםWhen Lotוַ לוֹטsaw them,יַּרְאhe got upוַיָּקָםto meet themלִקְרָאתָםand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwith his faceאַפַּיִםto the ground.אָרְצָה
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedoma” appearsevening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appearsLot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerata” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appearsface
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apayim” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsThey are two of the three “men” of 18:2, 16, 22; the account calls them “messengers” in 19:1, 15 and “men” in 19:5, 10, 12, 16.
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
1 · This verse (above)
2He said, “Look now, my lords, please turn aside to the house of your servant, spend the night, and wash your feet; then you can rise early and go on your way.” They said, “No, we will spend the night in the square.”
1. What it says
How was Lot’s family brought out of Sodom, and what happened to Lot’s wife (vv. 15-26)?
2. What it means
What does the text show about Elohim’s mercy in bringing Lot out of the city (vv. 16, 29)?
3. How I live it
What from the past is hard for you to let go of, and what step could help you move forward?
