...earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those...of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. And Abraham gat up early...

...earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; and he overthrew those...the cities and that which grew upon the ground."* Lot's eldest daughter bears a vessel upon her head, containing the wine which was afterwards applied...

...to the singular expression of the text. " The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and he overthrew those...of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. The continuation and consummation of his judgment was performed by the lake, without which if the cities...

..."Wstood flaming brimstone, in other words lightning. It is true that Moses, though he adds, " that God overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all...the cities, and that which grew upon the ground," does not explain how this overthrow took place ; but a knowledge of the above facts at once leads to...

...to the singular expression of the text. " The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities, and all tile plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. The continuation...

...was said about it by the sacred historian. He says, "Then the Lord rained fire and brimstone—and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of those cities, and that which grew upon the ground." (Gen. xix, 24, 25.) Why not add, that the people...

...heaven : " ' And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord ; " ' And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain,...the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.' "• And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the iiiiul of the plain, and beheld, and,...

...of the city was called c Zoar. 23 The sun was d risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 25 e of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 25 And k Moses chose able men out 26 But his wife looked back from behind * See ch. xxxii. 25, 26. Ezod. xxxii. 10. Dent. ix. 14. Mark...

...when Lot entered into Zoar. Then .the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all that dwelt in the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But Lot's wife looked back, and she...

...Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; and he overthrew those citie?, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and all that which grew upon the ground" (Gen. xix. 23). III. But I will now proceed to point out some...