Passage Research
Genesis 19 — Sermon Preparation
Angels lead Lot's family out of Sodom before God destroys the city with fire and sulfur; Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt. Below is a research summary for Genesis 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 563 / 187
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 19 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לוֹט | Lôwṭ | H3876 | 15 | Lot |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 12 | city, waking |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 11 | father |
| שָׁכַב | shâkab | H7901 | 8 | lie down |
| יָצָא | yâtsâʼ | H3318 | 9 | go, bring |
| בַּת | bath | H1323 | 8 | daughter |
| סְדֹם | Çᵉdôm | H5467 | 5 | Sedom |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for saving Lot and his family. Lot lingered; he trifled. Thus many who are under convictions about their spiritual state, and the necessity of a change, defer that needful work. The salvation of the most righteous men is of God's mercy, not by their own merit. We are saved by grace. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 19:1–29 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sodom— Gen 19:1
- Jordan Valley— Gen 19:17
- Zoar— Gen 19:22
- Gomorrah— Gen 19:24
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