Genesis 19:7
in Genesis 19“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
KJV
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
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This verse in Genesis 19
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
shutting the door behind him
on Genesis 19:6-8
Lot goes out to them and shuts the door behind him. He offers the crowd his two daughters and asks them to leave the men under his roof alone, and Genesis records the words and adds no comment. The same scene runs again at Gibeah in Judges 19.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And said, I pray you, brethren,....
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| נָ֥א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אַחַ֖י | ʾachai | O brothers my | H251 → | 630 times |
| תָּרֵֽעוּ׃ | tareu | you do evil | H7489 → | 107 times |
וַיֹּאמַ֑רand he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
נָ֥אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אַחַ֖יO brothers my
ʾachaiH251 →630 times
תָּרֵֽעוּ׃you do evil
tareuH7489 →107 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
it leads to
- Psalms 81:11–12
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Acts 7:42
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and…
- Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Acts 14:16
In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Psalms 81:11–12
Through
Jude 1:7In 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…
it leads to
- Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 18:20
Through
Leviticus 20:13If 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.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
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…
- Leviticus 18:22
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.