They desired to have sexual relations with the visitors (and who were angels)! How do we know this? The Hebrew word translated "know" ( yada) in the KJV version of Genesis 19:5 means "intimate relations." The NIV is more clear and says ".so that we can have sex with them," and the NASB reads ".that we may have relations with them". Why did Lot assume these "men" needed protection? Why did he propose a solution that involved his virgin daughters? The reason is that the men of S&G were wicked. Lot felt his visitors needed protection under his roof. Mere inhospitality? This does not fit the fuller context of what transpired. However, they desired to know them so much that they "kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door" (Gen. They claim this based upon S&G's reaction in just desiring "to know" the men visiting Lot. Some commentators claim that Sodom and Gomorrah (S&G) was destroyed because the people of S&G were merely inhospitable. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. Genesis 19:8 (NIV) Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Genesis 19:5 (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. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He Gave Us Scripture: Foundations of Interpretation.Your Kingdom Come: The Doctrine of Eschatology.Kingdom, Covenants & Canon of the Old Testament.Kingdom & Covenant in the New Testament.
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