Genesis 19:12-14

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Genesis 19:12 tn Heb “the men,” referring to the angels inside Lot’s house. The word “visitors” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
2. Genesis 19:12 tn Heb “Yet who [is there] to you here?”
3. Genesis 19:12 tn The words “Do you have” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4. Genesis 19:12 tn Heb “a son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and anyone who (is) to you in the city.”
5. Genesis 19:12 tn Heb “the place.” The Hebrew article serves here as a demonstrative.
6. Genesis 19:13 tn The Hebrew participle expresses an imminent action here.
7. Genesis 19:13 tn Heb “for their outcry.” The words “this place” have been moved from earlier in the sentence for stylistic reasons, and "about" has been added.
8. Genesis 19:13 tn Heb “the Lord.” The repetition of the divine name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “he” for stylistic reasons.
9. Genesis 19:14 sn The language has to be interpreted in the light of the context and the social customs. The men are called “sons-in-law” (literally “the takers of his daughters”), but the daughters had not yet had sex with a man. It is better to translate the phrase “who were going to marry his daughters.” Since formal marriage contracts were binding, the husbands-to-be could already be called sons-in-law.
10. Genesis 19:14 tn The Hebrew active participle expresses an imminent action.
11. Genesis 19:14 tn Heb “and he was like one taunting in the eyes of his sons-in-law.” These men mistakenly thought Lot was ridiculing them and their lifestyle. Their response illustrates how morally insensitive they had become.