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Genesis 19 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Spurgeon 9 Matthew Henry 3 Calvin 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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